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Part One: Bobby Fischer: Chess Nazi

Behind the Bastards

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The World Championship Match Between Boris Basky and Belly Fisher

Bobby Fisher takes a look at the most money a chess player has ever received for playing chess and is like no I want a bigger cut of the ticket sales. Bobby Fisher cancels his flight from New York to Iceland because they won't like pay him more. The head of the Icelandic chess federation who's like the guy who's been organizing this whole thing is a very hardcore anti-comadist. Henry Kissinger makes a personal call to Bobby Fisher and says you have to play this game for America  the United States of America requires you that you play this chess game. This match has literally no effect on the Cold War nothing it does nothing in there was never a chance it could

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