{"product_id":"bobby-fischer-goes-to-war","title":"Bobby Fischer Goes to War","description":"PERFECT FOR FANS OF NETFLIX''S THE QUEEN''S GAMBIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gripping.'' \u003cbr\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Pure drama.''\u003cbr\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling.''\u003cbr\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBobby Fischer Goes to War by David Edmonds and John Eidinow details the occasion when Bobby Fischer met Boris Spassky in one of the most thrilling and politically charged chess matches of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor decades, the USSR had dominated world chess. Evidence, according to Moscow, of the superiority of the Soviet system. But in 1972 along came the American, Bobby Fischer: insolent, arrogant, abusive, vain, greedy, vulgar, bigoted, paranoid and obsessive — and apparently unstoppable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst him was Boris Spassky: complex, sensitive, the most un-Soviet of champions. As the authors reveal, when Spassky began to lose, the KGB decided to step in. . .","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57055981240655,"sku":"9780571214129","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9780571214129_1-bobby-fischer-goes-to-war.jpg?v=1771355891","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/bobby-fischer-goes-to-war","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}