Birth Name: Robert James Fischer
Date of Birth: March 9, 1943
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Death: January 17, 2008
Place of Death: Reykjavík, Iceland
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 biological father is not entirely clear. His mother was married to Hans-Gerhard/Gerhardt Fischer at the time of his birth, though it is possible that he had never entered the United States, and even more likely that he was not in the U.S. at the time Bobby’s mother had conceived him. Hans-Gerhard was German, of non-Jewish background.
Bobby’s biological father 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 named Jack Wender (the son of Isaac Wender). Jack was born in Łódź, Poland.
Bobby’s maternal grandmother was named Nathalia Abramson. Nathalia was born in Łódź, Poland.
Source: Genealogy of Bobby Fischer – http://www.wargs.com
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