Bobby Like Elvis Presley | Spassky vs Fischer | (1972) | Game 9

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Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer
Fischer - Spassky World Championship Match (1972), Reykjavik ISL, rd 9, Aug-01
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange Variation (D41)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cd5 Nd5 6. e4 Nc3 7. bc3 cd4 8. cd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bd2 12. Qd2 a6 13. a4 O-O 14. Qc3 Bb7 15. ab5 ab5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rab1 b4 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Nd4 Qd4 20. Rb4 Qd7 21. Qe3 Rfd8 22. Rfb1 Qd3 23. Qd3 Rd3 24. Rb7 g5 25. Rb8 Rb8 26. Rb8 Kg7 27. f3 Rd2 28. h4 h6 29. hg5

The name Bobby Fischer, at least to Americans, is synonymous with chess. A prodigy in the 50s, a world class player in the 60s, the 70s saw Fischer at his pinnacle. He earned the right to challenge Boris Spassky in a title run without comparison, defeating Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen with perfect scores of 6-0, and ex-champion Petrosian 6½-2½. Now the stage was set, and the only thing standing between Fischer and Spassky was Fischer himself.

The match was mired in political overtones, during the height of the Cold War. The Soviet chess system had a monopoly on the title since 1948, and the expectations on Spassky were enormous. While Fischer studied chess virtually in seclusion, Spassky had the full resources of the USSR. Victor Baturinsky, head of Soviet Chess Sports Committee, said: "Basically, the Soviet leadership and the powers that be in sport, were interested in just one issue: how to stop Fischer from becoming World Champion.

With the match set to begin in Reykjavik, Iceland, Fischer (who had not signed any documents confirming his participation) began to make a number of demands, including a percentage of television rights, a larger prize fund, and all manner of conditions covering everything from the lighting to the chair cushions. To satisfy Bobby's demands of a larger prize fund, British chess promoter James Slater donated a dazzling $125,000 to be added to the prize fund. Fischer still needed more convincing by Bill Lombardy (Fischer's last-minute choice as second), and one famously persuasive telephone call from Henry Kissinger. Mere hours before he would be forfeited, Fischer arrived in Iceland.

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