Fischer became an icon in 1972 when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky in a series of games in Reykjavik to claim America's first world chess championship in more than a century.

菲舍尔是一名极具个性的世界著名棋手。早在1972年，菲舍尔在冰岛首都雷克雅未克进行的世界棋王争霸战中击败斯帕斯基成为新的世界棋王。

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After he took the title from Boris Spassky in 1972, he refused to play anybody for 20 years.

ECONOMIST: World chess championship