Bobby Fischer Against the World
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Bobby Fischer Against the World is the first documentary feature to explore the life of the late chess
Grandmaster and 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer
from USA. It incorporates interviews with chess players Anthony Saidy
, Larry Evans
, Sam Sloan, Susan Polgar
, Garry Kasparov
, Asa Hoffmann
, Friðrik Ólafsson
and others. It includes never-before-seen footage from the World Chess Championship 1972.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster and 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer
Robert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer was also a best-selling chess author...
from USA. It incorporates interviews with chess players Anthony Saidy
Anthony Saidy
Anthony Saidy is an International Master of chess. He has played many times in the U.S. Chess Championship. He won the 1960 Canadian Open Chess Championship. He is the author of several chess books, including The Battle of Chess Ideas, and The World of Chess...
, Larry Evans
Larry Evans
For the football player of the same name, see Larry Evans .Larry Melvyn Evans was an American chess grandmaster, author, and journalist. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times...
, Sam Sloan, Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar is a Hungarian-American chess Grandmaster...
, Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
, Asa Hoffmann
Asa Hoffmann
Asa Hoffmann is an FIDE Master in chess from the United States of America. He is known as "the sparring partner of champions". His peak FIDE rating is 2313...
, Friðrik Ólafsson
Friðrik Ólafsson
Friðrik Ólafsson is an Icelandic chess Grandmaster and former president of FIDE.Friðrik was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. A first-time winner of the Icelandic Championship in 1952 and of the Scandinavian Championship a year later, he rapidly became recognised as the strongest Icelandic player of his...
and others. It includes never-before-seen footage from the World Chess Championship 1972.