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A nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn he was not.  Bobby Fischer, though Jewish and from Brooklyn, was not nice at all.

In fact, the American chess prodigy--who made international headlines when he defeated the Russian reigning chess king Boris Spassky, in 1972--was a rabid anti-semite, anti-American, and basically all around bigot. Many talented celebrities are known for having vile prejudices but few, perhaps none, have become more famous for them.