2015Nominee
Best Performance
Pawn Sacrifice
Bobby Fischer
Actor
Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 9, 1943
Biography
Robert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess prodigy, grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time. At age 13 Fischer won a "brilliancy" that became known as The Game of the Century. Starting at age 14, Fischer played in eight United States Championships, winning each by at least a one-point margin. At age 15, Fischer became both the youngest grandmaster up to that time and the youngest candidate for the World Championship. At age 20, Fischer won the 1963–64 U.S. Championship with 11/11, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games (1969) remains a revered work in chess literature.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2026Winner
Best Performance
Queen of Chess
1993Nominee
Best Performance
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Career Highlights
2011Highlight
Best Performance
Bobby Fischer Against the World
1982Highlight
Best Performance
The Great Chess Movie
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Pawn Sacrifice
Queen of Chess
Searching for Bobby Fischer