Paperback • 2005 • English

Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine

Name: Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine
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About the book

In the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at a pivotal point, the Soviet world chess champion, Boris Spassky, and his American challenger, Bobby Fischer, met in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the most notorious chess match of all time. Their showdown, played against the backdrop of superpower politics, held the world spellbound for two months with reports of psychological warfare, ultimatums, political intrigue, cliffhangers, and farce to rival a M...Show more

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ISBN

9780060510251

Publisher

HARPER PERENNIAL

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine

Format

Paperback

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