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On this day in 1958

Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky chess world championship

January 8, 1958. Bobby Fischer, an American prodigy, grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion, won the United States Chess Championship for the first time at age 14 after defeating Boris Spassky. (Shown here with Jack Collins.)

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