Birth Name: Robert James Fischer
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 9, 1943
Place of Death: Reykjavík, Iceland
Date of Death: January 17, 2008
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Bobby Fischer was an American chess grandmaster.
Bobby’s mother, Regina Wender, was born in Zürich, Switzerland, to Polish Jewish parents. The identity of Bobby’s father is not entirely clear, although he is generally believed to be Hungarian mathematician and physicist Paul Neményi. Paul was born in Rijeka, in present-day Croatia, and was Jewish.
Bobby’s likely paternal grandfather was Dezső Neményi/Neumann (the son of Siegmund Nemenyi/Neumann and Julianna Kohn). Dezső was born in Budapest, Hungary. Siegmund was the son of Salamon Samuel Neumann and Julia Berger. Julianna was the daughter of Ábrahám Elye Moshe Katz/Kohn and Sarah Rochel Rivka Leah “Rosalina” Rosenbaum.
Bobby’s likely paternal grandmother was Olga Goldberger (the daughter of Sigmund Goldberger and Bertha Klein). Olga was born in Budapest, Hungary. Sigmund was the son of Wilhelm Goldberger and Fanny Boskowitz.
Bobby’s maternal grandfather was Jack Wender (the son of Isaac Wender). Jack was born in Łódź, Poland.
Bobby’s maternal grandmother was Nathalia Abramson. Nathalia was born in Łódź, Poland.
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