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. (Roy Essoyan / Associated Press)
Fischer, right, and Soviet Tigran Petrosian during a match in Argentina in 1971. (AFP/Getty Images)
Fischer concentrates during a match.
FOR THE RECORD A previous version of this caption said Bobby Fischer is shown during a 1973 match. In fact, Fischer didn’t compete between 1973 and 1992. The date of the file photo is uncertain. (AFP/Getty Images)
Bobby Fischer, right, and Boris Spassky compete in Reykjavik, Iceland, in August 1972. (J.W. Green / Associated Press)
Fischer after his release in 2005 after being held nine months by Japanese immigration authorities. (Everett Kennedy Brown / EPA)
Fischer in Reykjavik in 2005. (John McConnico / Associated Press)
