Bobby Fischer Buried in Iceland

Reclusive chess genius Bobby Fischer was buried Monday in a private ceremony at a churchyard in southern Iceland, a television station reported.

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Report: Fischer Eyed Final Big Match

Bobby Fischer had hoped to play current world chess champion Viswanathan Anand or former great Garry Kasparov in a tournament before his death, an Icelandic newspaper reported Saturday.

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Chess Master Bobby Fischer Dead at 64

"Chess," Bobby Fischer once said, "is life." It was the chess master's tragedy that the messy, tawdry details of his life often overshadowed the sublime genius of his game. Fischer, who has died at the age of 64, was a child prodigy, a teenage grandmaster and — before age 30 — a world champion who triumphed in a Cold War showdown with Soviet champion Boris Spassky.

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As Bobby Fischer's death reminds us, abstract gifts can exact a terrible price.

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Chess master Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players in history, has died, a spokesman for the World Chess Federation confirmed to CNN Friday. He was 64.

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Bobby Fischer, the most powerful American chess player in history, died on Thursday in a hospital in Iceland. No cause of death was given.

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Two years ago at the age of thirteen years, four months and 26 days, Swedish chess sensation Magnus Carlsen became the youngest chess grandmaster in the world. This piece is not about Carlsen -- all will be revealed.

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