Endgame: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer by Frank Brady
I read Endgame by Frank Brady in March 2016
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Bobby Fischer still is of some fame today, thirty years ago he was known across the globe. And made Reykjavik and Iceland famous world wide too. A simple game of chess captivated audiences around the world, culminating in victory to the lonely American, taking the trophy from the mighty Soviet chess system. The cold war across the board, where the Russians always had been way stronger, was suddenly won by the US.