It may be the most famous chess match in history. Some thirty years after America’s Bobby Fischer went head-to-head with the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky, newly declassified documents help us understand this powerful Cold War moment.

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  • John Eidinow Journalist and co-author of "Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time" (Ecco/Harper Collins)

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