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Bobby Fischer Biography and Timeline

Follow Bobby Fischer through 3 dated historical records for South Africa.

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Bobby Fischer, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records

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1944–1958Years on this page

1944

Birth of Bobby Fischer

Sport / Chess

Birth of Bobby Fischer

1958

8 January 1958

Chess

Sport / Chess

Wins the United States Chess Championship, age 14

8 January 1958

World Champion

Sport / Chess

Wins the United States Chess Championship, age 14

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.