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In 1972, in Iceland, the World Chess Championship final was played in a series of matches known as the Match of the Century, because it brought together Boris Spassky, the Soviet Union champion and title holder, and Bobby Fischer, the American chess genius. What gave the match media and political momentum was that it was played in the shadow of the Cold War between the two greatest powers in the world. The Soviet Union had dominated the World Chess Championships since the end of World War II, and Soviet propaganda portrayed their superiority in chess as the superiority of the communist mentality, while the American media pressured for Fischer to win the championship to prove the superiority of capitalism, so Bobby Fischer found himself exploited as a pawn in the war. Despite winning the championship, Bobby Fischer turns from America's champion to its number one enemy. #Aldaheeh Sources: Bobby Fischer Goes to War Chess documentary: Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011) Bobby Fischer - Anything to Win (Biography) FULL Son of Sorrow (Benoni)