From the archives: Bobby Fischer in 1972 - CBS News

Before he became a mad recluse, chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer gave an unforgettable interview to Mike Wallace in 1972

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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

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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 of the Soviet Union, in a tournament that ended earlier

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