The World Championship match between Fischer and Spassky in Reykjavik
1972 was played at the height of the Cold War. The image of a lone
American genius defeating the Soviet machine captivated a worldwide
audience unlike anything else in chess history. Exactly fifty years
later, Fischer - Spassky 1972 takes a fresh look at both the chess and
the human aspects of this monumental match. Bobby Fischer is one of the
greatest chess players of all time. His astonishing journey up to the
1972 match was documented in The Road to Reykjavik. In this volume,
award-winning author Tibor Karolyi completes his study of Fischer's
career with in-depth analysis of the legendary Reykjavik match and the
controversial Fischer - Spassky 1992 rematch.