Fischer V. Spassky: Reykjavik 1972
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
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In the summer of 1972, a rain-swept Icelandic city became the epicentre of the Cold War, as two chess titans — the mercurial American Bobby Fischer and the composed Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky — clashed in what would become the most watched and politically charged chess match in history. Fischer v. Spassky: Reykjavik 1972 chronicles every dramatic twist of that legendary contest, accompanied by a report from Reykjavik by Francis Wyndham and drawings by Michael Foreman, capturing the electric atmosphere that gripped the world far beyond the chessboard. C.H.O'D. Alexander, himself a distinguished British chess master and cryptanalyst, brings formidable analytical authority to his game-by-game commentary, illuminating the psychological warfare, strategic brilliance, and extraordinary tension that defined each move. The work stands as a landmark in chess literature — not merely a record of a tournament, but a portrait of two men embodying the ideological struggle of their era. For those who lived through it, this volume resurrects the moment in vivid detail; for those who did not, it poses an irresistible question: how does one man's genius change the world?
Author: C.H.O'D. Alexander
Format: Paperback
Published: 1972, Penguin Books
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
In the summer of 1972, a rain-swept Icelandic city became the epicentre of the Cold War, as two chess titans — the mercurial American Bobby Fischer and the composed Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky — clashed in what would become the most watched and politically charged chess match in history. Fischer v. Spassky: Reykjavik 1972 chronicles every dramatic twist of that legendary contest, accompanied by a report from Reykjavik by Francis Wyndham and drawings by Michael Foreman, capturing the electric atmosphere that gripped the world far beyond the chessboard. C.H.O'D. Alexander, himself a distinguished British chess master and cryptanalyst, brings formidable analytical authority to his game-by-game commentary, illuminating the psychological warfare, strategic brilliance, and extraordinary tension that defined each move. The work stands as a landmark in chess literature — not merely a record of a tournament, but a portrait of two men embodying the ideological struggle of their era. For those who lived through it, this volume resurrects the moment in vivid detail; for those who did not, it poses an irresistible question: how does one man's genius change the world?