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Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
Bobby Fischer
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Bobby Fischer
Age: 64 †
Born: 1943
Born: March 9
Died: 2008
Died: January 18
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Boby Fischer
Robert James Fischer
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