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50 years since Bobby Fischer won international chess crown — AP Photos

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50 years since Bobby Fischer won international chess crown — AP Photos

World chess champion Bobby Fischer, center, is surrounded by newsmen, as he arrives from Iceland on Sunday, Sept. 17, 1972 at New York?s Kennedy airport. Fischer took the title from Boris Spassky

50 years since Bobby Fischer won international chess crown — AP Photos

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World chess champion Bobby Fischer, center, is surrounded by newsmen, as he arrives from Iceland on Sunday, Sept. 17, 1972 at New York?s Kennedy airport. Fischer took the title from Boris Spassky