Recently, I came across some interesting revelations about the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky World Championship Chess Match. September 2022 marked 50 years since Fischer was crowned the 11th World Chess Champion at Reykjavik, Iceland, by defeating Russia’s Spassky. The final score was 12.5 to 8.5 points. Fischer died in Iceland in 2008 at age 64, the exact number of squares of the chess board. His legend lives on, and to this day, he remains one of the most popular chess players who ever lived.
The 13th World Champion Garry Kasparov wrote about Fischer in his book “My Great Predecessors Part 4”. He said in an excerpt: “The FIDE President crowned him (Fischer) with a laurel wreath made out of Icelandic silver birch leaves. And here before the eyes of 2,000 guests there occurred an episode which, in my view, reveals Fischer better than any words.
