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  1. One of the epic battles in #chess and in #geopolitics was the 1978 World Chess Championship between #AnatolyKarpov and #ViktorKorchnoi. Many of us know about the highly touted 1972 championship when #BobbyFischer defeated #BorisSpassky and the #Soviet chess machine. The 1978 match was even crazier and the chess just as brilliant. This time, though, the #USSR and #KGB retained the title (well... it was Karpov who won). However, the end of a great era was finally closing.

    youtube.com/watch?v=_vsuLl3Qdu4

  2. Reykjavík 1972: Schach-WM in der isländischen Hauptstadt. Der US-Amerikaner Bobby Fischer fordert die Schach-Großmacht Sowjetunion heraus. Der Zweikampf geht als "Match des Jahrhunderts" in die Geschichtsbücher ein.
    50 Jahre Fischer gegen Spassky: Der Kalte Krieg auf dem Schachbrett | DW | 01.07.2022
    #Schach #Schach-WM #BobbyFischer #BorisSpassky #BorisSpasski #BobbyRobertFischer #Rejkiavik #Island