Bobby Fischer vs. the Rest of the World

Darrach, Brad

ISBN 10: 0812816188 / ISBN 13: 9780812816181

Published by Stein & Day NY nd (1974), 1974

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240pp. 8vo Yellow boards and terra cotta cloth back Very light cover soil, rear fore corner bumped, bottom of rear board very lightly bumped: VG/no dj 0-8128-1618-8.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bobby Fischer vs. the Rest of the World
• Publisher: Stein & Day NY nd (1974)
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812816188
• ISBN 13: 9780812816181
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

In 1972, an epic chess match took place in Iceland between representatives of the two great super-powers of the world: Bobby vs. Boris. Boris was backed by the Mighty Soviet Union, with late night phone calls coming from his handlers in Moscow, telling him what his next move should be. Meanwhile, Bobby stood alone against the might of the opposing nation. But, Bobby was not exactly alone. The Americans did not need to tell him what moves to make on the chessboard. Bobby already knew how to do that. Rather, what the Americans needed to do was somehow to get him to sit down at the board and play the game. Here is the story of that titanic struggle: One half of the world trying to get Bobby to play, while the other half was trying to defeat him assuming that he did play. Hence the Title: Bobby Fischer vs. The Rest of the World. In the end, Bobby won. Émigrés from the Soviet Union often state that, more than any other single event, this defeat led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

About the Author

Brad Darrach was a reporter for Time and Life magazines, who was assigned to cover the 1972 World Chess Championship match in Reykjavik, Iceland between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.