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Bobby Fisher's Move if He Comes We Play
Bar Spasky and Bobby Fisher were to meet in Reykjavik for the first time. The Soviet Union threatened to withdraw their man if he didn't show up early. After weeks of negotiations, Fisher agreed to play but was late again. He showed up exactly one minute before the match was to be canceled. In a game that is still remembered as "the greatest victory of his career," Spasky won it.