Robert James Fischer was born in Chicago, USA on March 9, 1943.

In 1955 he became a member of the Manhattan Chess Club, where he

became champion of categories C and B.
He obtains the title of International Grand Master when he was 14 years
old, for winning the United States championship.
In 1958 he competed for the first time at the international level. In addition
to brilliant play. Fischer employs unconventional psychological tactics.
Their victories are due more to surprise attacks than to counterattacks or
the accumulation of small advantages.
Since 1958 to 1966 he won the United States Championship eight times
and got the country's public interested in this sport.