Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Dies. Bobby Fischer has died, cause unknown, in Reykjavik, Iceland, his spokesman said today. Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64. This brings to mind a song I mentioned a few years ago, titled Bobby Fischer, written in 2001 by local band, Lazy ... Read full entry

Chess master Bobby Fischer’s current plight brings to mind the lyrics of a song written, and titled, in his honour (as well as a nameless girl known to the lyricist) by Sydney band, Lazy Susan.They’re all saying that you’ll never play againThey’re all saying that you’re finishedThat you’re washed up as a friendAll my life I’ve ... Read full entry