This
summer marks the anniversary of an extraordinary moment in U.S. history: the
1972 match in which the American genius Bobby Fischer defeated the Soviet
wizard Boris Spassky for the chess championship of the world.
The
battle probably should have been just one more headline in an eventful three
months that saw the Watergate burglary, the expulsion of the Soviet military
from Egypt and the humiliating dismissal of vice presidential nominee ThomasEagleton from the Democratic ticket. Somehow the story of Fischer and Spassky
and their epic match, which ended 40 years ago this month, captured our
attention in a way that no struggle of intellect has since. Read more…
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