He beat Bobby Fischer when no one thought it was possible | A conversation with Florin Gheorghiu
What does it feel like to sit across from Bobby Fischer and win? Florin Gheorghiu, Romania's first grandmaster, did exactly that at the Havana Olympiad in 1966, with a Nimzo-Indian line that now carries his name. We sat down with him at the Grand Chess Tour in Bucharest to talk about that famous game, the 18-hour marathon in Yugoslavia, the friendly Fischer match Romania refused, and why he…
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