Cika wannan jumla: Fischer ya ki yin wasa a cikin
Wasannin Olympics na Munich na 1958 lokacin da aka ki amincewa da bukatarsa ta taka leda a gaban Samuel Reshevsky. Wasu kafofin sun yi iƙirarin cewa Fischer mai shekaru 15 bai iya shirya izinin shiga makarantar sakandare ba. Daga baya Fischer ya wakilci Amurka a kan kwamitin farko a gasar Olympics ta Chess ta maza guda hudu, inda ya lashe lambar azurfa guda biyu da lambar tagulla guda daya: