Bobby Fischer In July–August, Fischer crushed the mostly grandmaster field at Buenos Aires, winning by a 3½-point margin, scoring 15/17 (+13−0=4). Fischer then played first board for the US Team in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen, where he won an individual Silver medal, scoring 10/13 (+8−1=4), with his only loss being to World Champion Boris Spassky. Right after the Olympiad, Fischer defeated Ulf Andersson in an exhibition game for the Swedish newspaper "Expressen". Fischer had taken his game to a new level. Fischer won the Interzonal (held in Palma de Mallorca in November and December 1970) with 18½/23 (+15−1=7), far ahead
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess and has achieved some degree of recognition in popular culture. Grandmaster Maurice Ashley has said that this was his first chess book, and it is referenced in Janet Fitch's novel "White Oleander". Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is a chess puzzle book written by Bobby Fischer and co-authored by Stuart Margulies and Don Mosenfelder, originally published in 1966. It is believed to be the best-selling chess book of all time, with over one million copies sold. The book is intended for beginners and uses a programmed learning approach, permitting readers to go back and retry each question