{"product_id":"bobby-fischer-goes-to-war","title":"Bobby Fischer Goes To War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePERFECT FOR FANS OF NETFLIX''S \u003ci\u003eTHE QUEEN''S GAMBIT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Gripping.'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Pure drama.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Compelling.''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBobby Fischer Goes to War\u003c\/i\u003e by David Edmonds and John Eidinow details the occasion when Bobby Fischer met Boris Spassky in one of the most thrilling and politically charged chess matches of all time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor decades, the USSR had dominated world chess. Evidence, according to Moscow, of the superiority of the Soviet system. But in 1972 along came the American, Bobby Fischer: insolent, arrogant, abusive, vain, greedy, vulgar, bigoted, paranoid and obsessive — and apparently unstoppable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst him was Boris Spassky: complex, sensitive, the most un-Soviet of champions. As the authors reveal, when Spassky began to lose, the KGB decided to step in. . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57321369010558,"sku":"NW9780571214129","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571214129.jpg?v=1778690589","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/bobby-fischer-goes-to-war","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}