Bobby Fischer Scores 1st Win

GM Bobby Fischer shocked the world with his failure to appear for game two of the 1972 World Chess Championship. This forfeit loss put Fischer down 2-0 in the match against the reigning world champion, GM Boris Spassky. Could Fischer make a comeback from such a deficit? Would he even return to the board

From the archive, 2 September 1972: Bobby Fischer wins World Chess

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HT This Day: September 2, 1972 — Bobby Fischer wins world chess