Fischer-Spassky 1972 World Chess Championship Chess Board, Table, Pieces to be Auctioned this Thursday in Copenhagen ~ Chess Magazine Black and White

New US World Champion – Nakamura follows in Bobby Fischer's footsteps

The Youngest Candidates

Olimpiu Di Luppi on X: Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer at the start of one of the games in the epic 1972 world championship match in Reykjavík. / X

Boris Spassky - Best Of Chess

Bobby Fischer and the Match of the Century – I Remember JFK: A Baby Boomer's Pleasant Reminiscing Spot

Boris Spassky attends the opening ceremony of the World Rapid and News Photo - Getty Images

Boris Spassky at the Amsterdam Interzonal, 1964.

Douglas Griffin on X: Reykjavík 1977. The FIDE Candidates' Quarter-final, between Boris Spassky (USSR) & Vlastimil Hort (ČSSR). This match was something of an epic; it lasted from 27th February until 11th

Why The Match Of The Century Almost Didn't Happen

Half a century after Fischer, chess's icons are now Carlsen and Stockfish