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Fischer was also superb at [[speed chess]], and won the first unofficial world [[blitz chess]] title in 1970.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/06/chess-magnus-carlsen-showboats-his-bullet-skills-with-11-straight-wins</ref>  While growing up, he learned [[Russia]]n on his own, in order to study Russian chess literature.

Fischer was also superb at [[speed chess]], and won the first unofficial world [[blitz chess]] title in 1970.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/06/chess-magnus-carlsen-showboats-his-bullet-skills-with-11-straight-wins</ref>  While growing up, he learned [[Russia]]n on his own, in order to study Russian chess literature.

At age 13, Fischer played the "Game of the Century" in which he won by sacrificing his queen for an advantage in position, which "is a masterpiece of combinational play and creativity, two strengths that helped make Fischer one of the greatest players of all time."<ref>https://www.chess.com/terms/game-of-the-century-chess</ref>

At age 13, Fischer played the "Game of the Century" in which he won with the black pieces by sacrificing his queen for an advantage in position, which "is a masterpiece of combinational play and creativity, two strengths that helped make Fischer one of the greatest players of all time."<ref>https://www.chess.com/terms/game-of-the-century-chess</ref>

He forfeited his title to Soviet Grandmaster [[Anatoly Karpov]] in 1975 when he refused to defend his title, unable to agree on any proposed conditions for a match with Karpov. He did not publicly play [[chess]] again until 1992, when he played and won a return match in [[Yugoslavia]] in violation of a [[United Nations]] embargo against that country at that time.  The [[Deep State]] prosecuted him on that technicality in his absence, and revoked his passport without notice to him such that he was seized at an airport in [[Japan]] and imprisoned for 6 months there before being granted asylum by [[Iceland]].<ref>Guðmundur G. Thórarinsson, who was both a former Icelandic Parliamentarian and former president of the Icelandic Chess Federation, wrote: "The only person in the world to have been indicted for a violation of this regulation – a regulation that has long since ceased to be in force, and a violation committed in a country that no longer exists – is Robert James Fischer. This case is an example of a barbarous violation of human rights." [https://en.chessbase.com/post/bobby-fischer-six-months-in-jail Chessbase article]</ref>

He forfeited his title to Soviet Grandmaster [[Anatoly Karpov]] in 1975 when he refused to defend his title, unable to agree on any proposed conditions for a match with Karpov. He did not publicly play [[chess]] again until 1992, when he played and won a return match in [[Yugoslavia]] in violation of a [[United Nations]] embargo against that country at that time.  The [[Deep State]] prosecuted him on that technicality in his absence, and revoked his passport without notice to him such that he was seized at an airport in [[Japan]] and imprisoned for 6 months there before being granted asylum by [[Iceland]].<ref>Guðmundur G. Thórarinsson, who was both a former Icelandic Parliamentarian and former president of the Icelandic Chess Federation, wrote: "The only person in the world to have been indicted for a violation of this regulation – a regulation that has long since ceased to be in force, and a violation committed in a country that no longer exists – is Robert James Fischer. This case is an example of a barbarous violation of human rights." [https://en.chessbase.com/post/bobby-fischer-six-months-in-jail Chessbase article]</ref>