When the American Bobby Fischer challenged the Russian Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship in 1972 the media looked on in fascination. It seemed the Cold War was being played out in ...
The world championship in Singapore was compared by some in India to the classic showdown between the American Bobby Fischer and Soviet great Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War in 1972.
Eugene Torre became Asia’s first Grandmaster in 1974, two years after Bobby Fischer’s historic victory in the World championship match against Boris Spassky. The Filipino living legend ...
It was fought in Iceland and it was a chess match - one between the American Bobby Fischer and the Russian Boris Spassky. "I'm just going to go in there. I'm not going stay up nights worrying.