An antique chess board photographed from above with a shaft of gold light

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Reykjavík 1972: Chess as Geopolitics

Chess Culture · 48:20

The match that put chess on every front page, told through the room, the walkouts and game six.

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What you'll take away

  • —Context changes how a game is played
  • —Game six broke the match open

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