When Bobby Fischer Almost Quit the World Championship Over TV Cameras
In 1972, Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky met in Reykjavik, Iceland for the World Chess Championship - the Match of the Century. A row over television cameras, a game lost without a single move played, a world championship game moved into a table tennis room, and a champion applauding his own defeat: this match had everything, and it almost fell apart before it truly began. This is the story of…
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