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Bobby Fischer Goes to War : How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
Bobby Fischer Goes to War How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
Author: David Edmonds, John Eidinow
In the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at a pivotal point, two men -- the Soviet world chess champion Boris Spassky and his American challenger Bobby Fischer -- met in the most notorious chess match of all time. Their showdown in Reykjavik, Iceland, held the world spellbound for two month...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060510244
ISBN-10: 0060510242
Publication Date: 3/2004
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Ecco
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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An interesting look at the 1972 World Chess Championship between Fischer & Spassky. Fischer's complaints about absolutely everything are tiresome even 25 years along. The book suffers because it doesn't really bring the games to life, and the most interesting thing about Fischer was his play.


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