Citizens' Voice Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Friday, July 25, 1986 - Page 56
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! - Bobby Fischer
The American Chess Genius, in 1958 at age 15 became the youngest International Grandmaster. He won the world chess championship in 1972 by defeating Boris Spassky of Russia and hasn't played in public since! In the 1850's, Paul Morphy, the only other American world champion, also quit competing at the height of his career.
Yes… and both of them quit, due to being harassed by biased, defamatory political propaganda and malicious slander. America does not respect chess or its chess champions, although, neither does the chess establishment… treating the players with a shockingly appalling lack of respect. It's all about whose political bias is being served, first.