Bobby Fischer Goes To War

The authors of the bestselling "Wittgenstein's Poker" offer a riveting account of the legendary 1972 chess match between Boris Spassky, the world champion from the Soviet Union, and the American challenger, Bobby Fischer.

Note on the Transliteration of Russian

xi

Dramatis Personae

xiii

Glossary

xix

World Chess Champions to 1969

xxiii

1 Match of the Century

1

(3)

2 Brooklyn Boy

4

(15)

3 Mimophant

19

(14)

4 Child of Destruction

33

(17)

5 The Russian from Leningrad

50

(20)

6 Living Chess

70

7 Bulldozer to Reykjavik

52

(47)

8 Trouble in Paradise

99

(23)

9 Big Contest, Little Island

122

(8)

10 Bobby Is Missing

130

(23)

11 Who's Sorry Now?

153

(9)

12 Rage Rules

162

(15)

13 Blood in the Back Room

177

(9)

14 Eyeball to Eyeball

186

(5)

15 A Love-Hate Relationship

191

(6)

16 Smashed

197

(14)

17 Middle Game

211

(14)

18 Chess Contagion

225

(8)

19 To the Bitter End

233

(16)

20 Extra-Chess Means and Hidden Hands

249

(21)

21 Adversary Partners

270

(11)

22 Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crown

281

(32)

Appendix

313

(10)

Acknowledgments

323

(4)

Selective Bibliography

327

(8)

Index

335

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Bobby Fischer Goes To War

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