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Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World. Watch the latest Featured Videos on CBSNews.com. View more videos on CBS News, featuring the latest in-depth coverage from our news team. In the final week of June 1972 the chess world was in turmoil. The match between World Champion Boris Spassky and his challenger Bobby Fischer was scheduled to begin.

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Bobby Fischer in Iceland – 4. In the final week of June 1. The match between World Champion Boris Spassky and his challenger Bobby Fischer was scheduled to begin, in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik, on July 1st. But there was no sign of Fischer. The opening ceremony took place without him, and the first game, scheduled for July 2nd, was postponed. Then finally, in the early hours of July 4th, Fischer arrived.

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Base 1. 4 program you can access the Live Database of 8 million games, and receive three months of free Chesss. Base Account Premium membership and all of our online apps! Have a look today! More.. Bobby Fischer arrives in Iceland. Forty- five years to the day after the start of the premier Cold War sporting event, I would like to describe the occurrences that at the time electrified the chess world and the international media. They may be well known to many of you, but I recently spoke to a young grandmaster who had only a vague idea of what took place in Reykjavik. He apologised for this, but I told him it was understandable – it happened before his parents were born!

For him and other young players we re- enact the drama. The “Match of the Century” between World Champion Boris Spassky, USSR, and his challenger Bobby Fischer, USA, was due to start, in the first days of July 1. Reykjavik, Iceland. Spassky, who had the backing of the mighty Soviet chess machine behind him (the title of World Chess Champion had been held by USSR citizens for twenty- four years), had arrived in the Icelandic capital well on time. But his opponent, the maverick US grandmaster Fischer, who was working essentially all on his own, sat in New York, unsatisfied with the conditions. The Championship was to be a 2.

Spassky. Fischer's Elo rating was 2. Spassky's (2. 66. The prize fund was $1. But in addition Fischer was demanding 3. Spassky. When these demands were not met Fischer, who was booked to travel to Iceland on June 2.

During the first days of July 1. Fischer was in Douglaston, New York, staying in the house of his long- time friend IM Anthony Saidy.

In this 1½- hour documentary, starting at 2. Saidy describes his attempts to get Bobby to Iceland. Since Fischer had not arrived on July 1st the lavish opening ceremony in Reykjavik’s National Theater took place without him. The first game was scheduled for July 2nd, but Fischer was still not there. The Russians demanded a forfeit for the game, while FIDE President (and former World Champion) Max Euwe, contrary to regulations, postponed the start by two days. He set Fischer a firm deadline: July 4th, noon, Reykjavik time. On July 3rd things looked bad.

Fischer was still in Anthony Saidy's house, sulking. Then British financier James Slater (above) publicly offered to add $1.

On the same day US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger phoned Fischer from Washington: “This is the world’s worst chess player calling the world’s best chess player,” he is famously reported to have said; and: “America wants you to go over there and beat the Russians. Get your butt over to Iceland.”That evening Fischer was driven to John F. Kennedy airport and smuggled on board Loftleiðir (Icelandic Airlines) flight 2. A to Reykjavik. The plane took off at 1. Fischer had kept the flight waiting, and some passengers were even taken off the plane at the last moment to make room for Fischer’s entourage. In the early hours of July 4th, 1.

Euwe's deadline, Fischer arrived at Iceland’s Keflavik airport. The previous two screen grabs are from this five- part Bobby Fischer documentary (specifically part three, starting at 2: 3. He was greeted by a large group of press reporters and Icelandic dignitaries, whom he ignored, jumping into a waiting car that drove him to Reykjavik, an hour away from the airport. He took residence in a three- room suite at the Hotel Loftleidir. For a detailed description of the prelude to the Match of the Century we turn to Prof. Christian Hesse's article A great moment in chess Part 1.

Hesse writes: Now that Fischer was on the island, not all problems had disappeared. As Gudmundur Thorarinsson, President of the Icelandic Chess Federation, indicated: “You Americans think the only problem is to get Bobby here. You don't understand it is just as important – and maybe more difficult – to keep the Russians here.”Indeed, the Russians were infuriated by the two- day postponement that Euwe had granted to Fischer.

And there were discussions on their side to call off the match. Several meetings took place in Reykjavik behind the scenes, at all hours of the day and night. At the highest level, the level of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the view was held that Fischer's conduct constituted a humiliation of the World Champion.

And there are indications that, at least for a while, efforts were under way to summon Spassky home. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Full Movie. A strongly worded telegram was sent to grandmaster Lothar Schmid, the German referee of the match, by the Soviet Chess Federation, complaining about Fischer's conduct and Euwe's reaction to it. The expectations before the start of the match, which (spoiler alert!) actually took place, are described by Prof. Christian Hesse in A great moment in chess Part 2: Prior to their Reykjavik encounter, the two protagonists had contested five games, resulting in three wins for Spassky and two draws.

On every occasion he had played the white pieces against Fischer, Spassky had opened with the Queen's Pawn, while in his world title match with Petrosian, which won him the crown, Spassky had built his repertoire around 1. After almost a year of extensive and systematic preparation, what will he now play against Fischer? Did his team's microscopic study of Fischer's games unearth subtle weaknesses in his opponents' handling of closed systems or will it have convinced Spassky to openly strike at Fischer with 1. Fischer's repertoire, inviting Poison Pawn variations of the Sicilian complex, hence demonstrating a willingness to enter the most dangerous lines which Fischer has analysed for years?

One should not forget that virtually all of the top Russian chess players were involved in assisting Spassky during his preparation: Karpov played secret training matches with Spassky, Tal as well as Petrosian, Keres, Smyslov wrote detailed confidential memos about Fischer's strengths and weaknesses. Some of these have only recently surfaced from Russian archives. Here are quotes from a selection of these memos. Mikhail Tal: ”In the Sicilian Defence Fischer, as a rule, sticks to well- tried systems when playing white. These are the Sozin Variation (2…Sc. Rauzer Attack, and the Dragon Variation – systems with g. I think that 5. Nb.

Paulsen Variation. The only variation in which Fischer does not always stick to the same moves is his favourite 2…d. Also 6. Bc. 4, 6. Bg. 5. Perhaps, the American should be »sounded out« – 2. Fischer's reaction to 1…c. In any case, the system he used against Petrosian, ought not to be too dangerous.

Also, in my view, his reaction to 3…Nf. Ruy Lopez (he used 6. Bg. 5 at a tournament in the USA) can hardly be a potent argument against this system.

If it were possible to divert Fischer from his favourite system in the Sicilian Defence, Spassky's task would be greatly facilitated. I am sure that you are exploring ways to do so (for instance, 6.

Bg. 5 and 6. Be. 2 – Geller). I would like to draw your attention to the sequence of moves 1. Nf. 3 d. 6 3. Nc. In the two games known to me Fischer did not play 3…Nf. Against Kurajica (Zagreb 1. Na. 6, and in a lightning chess tournament against me he played 3…e.

In both games Fischer's opening position was dubious. Perhaps he doesn’t like 4. Tigran Petrosian: (a) The Sicilian Defence with 2…d. Be. 2 and 6. Bg. 5.