Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer, Hampstead Theatre, review: a dumbed-down portrait of two chess titans

While biopics about brilliant minds are ten-a-penny in the cinema – think of The Theory of Everything, Hidden Figures or The Imitation Game – it’s striking how seldom we’re presented with portraits of genius in the theatre.

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Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer review – game of chess is a cold war thriller, Stage

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Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer at Hampstead Theatre

intense moments from the match between bobby fischer, Stable Diffusion

RAVENS: SPASSKY vs. FISCHER - Hampstead Theatre

Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer review – game of chess is a cold war thriller, Stage

RAVENS: SPASSKY vs. FISCHER - Hampstead Theatre

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Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer review – game of chess is a cold war thriller, Stage

Bob Hope holds on to his chess piece as he watches to see what Bobby Fischer the world champion chess player will do as they rehearse on Oct. 1, 1972 in Burbank

Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer review, Hampstead Theatre, London, 2019