Spassky and Fischer shake hands before a game. /
Chess
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the first game of a duel that transcended chess and entered geopolitics. It was 1972 and the Cold War was going to be fought on a board. The Soviet Boris Spassky put his world crown at stake against the American Bobby Fischer. The duel, in Reykjavík (Iceland), lasted two months and 50 mi
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