Read what you said though. You said first to win, then you said Steinitz became a citizen after winning the title, then again at the end you say first to win.
Fischer was born and raised here, so in any case that's the spirit of what's being said.
Why is Fischer considered first American to win WCC?
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I see. Defending it isn't the same as winning it since he already had it. He was the first American Chess Champion, except not the first to "win" the title as an American.
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If what you said is true, it would make a good trivia question though. "Who was the first American citizen to hold the title of world champion." Something like that.
He's #1
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There were no champions back then, and even if there were, Staunton found ways to not play Morphy even though Morphy travel to Europe to play him.
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He's #1
He missed the 2nd game of the WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIp!
Apr 17, 2017
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that's the thing with murica, basically it's just a bunch of other countries citizens.
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DollyZappier wrote:
He's #1
,and Bobby Fischer became the "World Chess Champion"!
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Fischer was the first American to win the World Chamionship. That's why people say that he was. He was also the last.
I see your point about Stenitz, though. It is a good one.
As for Morphy, no one intelligent disputes that he was the best in the world, but he did not win an official world championship.
I see your point about Stenitz, though. It is a good one.
As for Morphy, no one intelligent disputes that he was the best in the world, but he did not win an official world championship.
I have always been told that Bobby Fischer was the first American to win the World Chess Championship. Wilhelm Steinitz obtained his American citizenship while champion and defended his title successfully as an American citizen multiple times. He was actually an American citizen throughout most of his official reign. Doesn't this make him the first American to win the World Chess Championship?