Bob Fischer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bob Fischer
Occupation	Chess Grandmaster
Date Of Birth	Mar 9, 1943(1943-03-09)
Age	81
Date Of Death	January 17, 2008, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Pisces

Bob Fischer Biography

Bob Fischer is one of the most popular and richest Chess Grandmaster who was born on March 9, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

After graduating from college in her teens, Regina traveled to Germany to visit her brother. It was there she met geneticist and future Nobel Prize winner Hermann Joseph Muller, who persuaded her to move to Moscow to study medicine. She enrolled at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, where she met Hans-Gerhardt, whom she married in November 1933. In 1938, Hans- Gerhardt and Regina had a daughter, Joan Fischer. The reemergence of anti- Semitism under Stalin prompted Regina to go with Joan to Paris, where Regina became an English teacher. The threat of a German invasion led her and Joan to go to the United States in 1939. Regina and Hans-Gerhardt had separated in Moscow, although they did not officially divorce until 1945.

Bobby Fischer was born at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1943. His birth certificate listed his father as Hans-Gerhardt Fischer, also known as Gerardo Liebscher, a German biophysicist. His mother, Regina Wender Fischer, was a US citizen, born in Switzerland; her parents were Polish Jews. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Regina became a teacher, registered nurse, and later a physician.

Bob Fischer Net Worth

Bob Fischer is one of the richest Chess Grandmaster from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bob Fischer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

When Fischer was 16, his mother moved out of their apartment to pursue medical training. Her friend Joan Rodker, who had met Regina when the two were “idealistic communists” living in Moscow in the 1930s, believes that Fischer resented his mother for being mostly absent as a mother, a communist activist and an admirer of the Soviet Union and that this led to his hatred for the Soviet Union. In letters to Rodker, Fischer’s mother states her desire to pursue her own “obsession” of training in medicine and writes that her son would have to live in their Brooklyn apartment without her: “It sounds terrible to leave a 16-year-old to his own devices, but he is probably happier that way”. The apartment was on the edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood that had one of the highest homicide and general crime rates in New York City. Despite the alienation from her son, Regina, in 1960, protested the practices of the American Chess Foundation and staged a five-hour protest in front of the White House, urging President Dwight D. Eisenhower to send an American team to that year’s chess Olympiad (set for Leipzig, East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain) and to help support the team financially.

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Who is Bob Fischer Dating?

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Throughout the 1950s, the FBI investigated Regina and her circle for her alleged communist sympathies, as well as her time living in Moscow. FBI files note that Hans-Gerhardt Fischer never entered the United States, while recording that Nemenyi took a keen interest in Fischer’s upbringing. Not only were Regina and Nemenyi reported to have had an affair in 1942, but Nemenyi made monthly child support payments to Regina and paid for Bobby’s schooling until his own death in 1952. In addition, Nicholas and Benson found letters by Nemenyi’s first son, Peter, identifying Bobby Fischer as his brother.

Facts & Trivia

Bobby Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Grandmaster. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bob Fischer celebrates birthday on March 9 of every year.

Nigro hosted Fischer’s first chess tournament at his home in 1952. In the summer of 1955, Fischer, then 12 years old, joined the Manhattan Chess Club. Fischer’s relationship with Nigro lasted until 1956, when Nigro moved away.

Did Bobby Fischer go missing?

Bobby Fischer
Died| January 17, 2008 (aged 64) Reykjavík, Iceland
Title| Grandmaster (1958)
World Champion| 1972–1975
Peak rating| 2785 (July 1972)

What really happened to Bobby Fischer?

He was 64. For decades he had lived in obscurity, ultimately settling in Reykjavik after renouncing his American citizenship. Gardar Sverrisson, a close friend of Mr. Fischer’s, confirmed the death, telling wire services that the cause was kidney failure.

Why is Bobby Fischer so famous?

Bobby Fischer was a record-setting chess master who became the youngest player to win the U.S. Chess Championship at 14, and the first American-born player to win the World Chess Championship.

How much was Bobby Fischer worth when he died?

An Icelandic court said on Thursday that the widow of former world chess champion Bobby Fischer should inherit his estimated $2 million estate, which has been in dispute since his death in 2008.

Why did Fischer quit chess?

His basic problem was paranoia and it got worse as he got older…..he claimed things like: the audience was too close, the lights were too bright, his chair was bugged, the Jews were out to get him (even though he was part Jewish)…..a real nut case, but great at chess….. until he quit due to his mental illness.