Bobby Fischer | 1943-2008

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Bobby Fischer, then a 15-year-old prodigy, plays a practice game against Russian grand master Tigran Petrosian at Moscow's Central Chess Club in 1958.

Petrosian Fischer

( Roy Essoyan / Associated Press / June 30, 1958 )

Bobby Fischer, then a 15-year-old prodigy, plays a practice game against Russian grand master Tigran Petrosian at Moscow's Central Chess Club in 1958.

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