Legendary game · 1972
So good, his rival applauded
Fischer vs Spassky — Reykjavik 1972 · Queen's Gambit Declined (D59)
Spassky
Fischer
Reykjavik, nineteen seventy-two. Game six of the Match of the Century — so perfect that Spassky himself joined the applause.
The board stops before the key move — you'll have to find it yourself.
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