Months after Richard Nixon in 1972 made his grand, figurative chess move against the Soviet Union by re-engaging with China, the American-Soviet rivalry was on display in the actual chess world.
American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer took on Russian World Champion Boris Spassky in a contest that captured the imagination as a near-perfect microcosm of the global order. Even today, the contest resonates beyond the chess world. As with the Cold War itself, the US side won.
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