Monday, April 11, 2005

World Champion


Posted by HelloIn 1972, Bobby Fischer became the one and only American to become the World Chess Champion. Who was his opponent and where did they play the match?

3 Comments:

At 6:51 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where: Iceland
Who: Boris ?

 
At 8:05 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Spasky

 
At 7:46 PM, Blogger Richard Hudson said...

Yes, it was in Reykjavik, Iceland that Bobby Fischer won the title from Boris Spassky. Later, he would refuse to defend the title, and he lost it to Anotoly Karpov, one of my personal chess heroes.

 

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