Bobby Fischer Goes To War
by:
David Edmonds (author)
This is a thrilling account of the legendary 1972 clash between Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky and American challenger Bobby Fischer, an epic Cold War confrontation and the most famous of all chess matches.
This is a thrilling account of the legendary 1972 clash between Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky and American challenger Bobby Fischer, an epic Cold War confrontation and the most famous of all chess matches.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780571214112 (0571214118)
Publish date: January 22nd 2003
Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd.
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Especially interesting for an insight into Spassky and how impossibly difficult things were for him. Having seen him grow in something to say the last uninspiring...I was amazed to discover that he was, leading up to the match with Fischer just incredibly brave. No wonder he ran out of steam later.