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by David Edmonds; John Eidinow

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.


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By the authors of the national bestseller Wittgenstein's Poker, 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

In the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at a pivotal point, the Soviet world chess champion Boris Spassky and his American challenger Bobby Fischer met in Reykjavik, Iceland for a chess match that held the world spellbound for two months with reports of psychological warfare, political intrigue, and cliffhangers. Thirty years later, David Edmonds and John Eidinow have set out to reexamine the story we recollect as the quintessential cold war clash between a lone American star and the Soviet chess machine. A mesmerizing narrative of hubris and despair, Bobby Fischer Goes to War is a biting deconstruction of the Bobby Fischer myth, a nuanced study on the art of brinkmanship, and a revelatory cold war tragicomedy.

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It is five o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, 11 July 1972.

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  • Title Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine
  • Author David Edmonds; John Eidinow
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ecco Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780060510251 / 0060510250
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.3 x 0.95 in (20.37 x 13.46 x 2.41 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Fischer, Bobby, Spassky, Boris Vasilyevich
  • Dewey Decimal Code 794.159

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  • Ingram Advance, 03/01/2005, Page 65
  • New York Times, 03/27/2005, Page 20
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