Capablanca, José, 31, 35, 73, 198, 244, 310
Capablanca Memorial (tournament), 16
Castro, Fidel, 16–17
Central Committee. SeeCommunist
Party
Chamanin, Valeri, 158, 272–73
Chebrikov, Viktor, 261
Chen Tung, 282
chess, 24, 70–81
aesthetics of, 74–75
boom interest in, 228–30, 307–9
importance in Soviet Union, 8, 35–38, 52–58, 89–92
player mentality, 77–80
See alsoWorld Chess Championship;
specific tournaments
Chess(musical), 308
Chess, Anita, 229
Chess Digest(magazine), 130
Chess Fever(film), 198
Chess Olympiad, 17, 24, 25, 53, 63, 75, 83, 85, 295, 300
“chicken” (suicidal game), 188–90
China, 52, 282
Church, George, 299
CIA, 143, 260
civil rights movement, 11
Clarke, P. H., 89
cold war, 176, 227, 239, 270–80, 308–9
Collins, Jack, 6, 30, 221
Communist Party, Soviet, 50–54, 57, 58, 61–66, 129, 301
chess governance by, 37–38, 50, 52, 57
Spassky—Fischer match problems and, 155, 260–61
Spassky’s defeat and, 287, 290–93
Spassky’s nonmembership in, 61–62
Spassky training plan and, 109–13
youth league, 39, 63, 102
Corn, Ira G., 296
Corriere della Sera, 228
counterculture, 11
Cramer, Fred, 133, 136–37, 141, 146, 159–60, 165, 173–76, 198–200, 203, 205–6, 210–14, 218, 223, 224, 235–37, 241, 243, 251, 281, 282, 300
Cuba, 7, 16–17, 279
“Cue Fanfare” (song), 308–9
Czechoslovakia, 63
D
Darrach, Brad, 133, 145, 146, 160, 161, 173, 212, 272–73
Davies, Norman, 54–55
Davis, Andrew, 132–36, 138–39, 145–46, 154, 171–74, 179
Davis, Angela, 63–65
Dean, James, 20, 188
de Groot, Adrian, 75–76
Demichev, Piotr, 109, 110, 112, 113, 155, 287
détente, 275–80
Dime Savings Bank, 229
Dobrynin, Anatoli, 55, 143, 175, 276
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 50, 58–60, 61, 295
Duchamp, Marcel, 75
Dymarskii, Naum, 91, 180
E
Edmondson, Ed, 84–86, 89, 95, 123, 126, 127, 129, 131, 133, 137, 159, 171, 212, 213, 300, 301
Ehrenburg, Ilya, 35
Eldjarn, Kristjan, 138, 193
Ellsberg, Daniel, 189, 230
Elo, Arpad, 212
Erasmus Hall High School, 10, 24
Euwe, Max, 37, 70, 73, 74, 76, 90, 123, 125–29, 138, 139, 146–47, 154, 157, 158–60, 178, 235, 246, 266, 281, 282, 289
Evans, Larry, 89, 132, 192, 205, 225, 236, 296, 297
F
FBI, 3, 306, 313–21
FIDE (Fédération Internationale des
Échecs), 85, 100, 114, 116, 124–28, 146–47, 154, 155, 158, 178, 186, 190, 212, 274, 300–301
Fields of Force(Steiner), 71
Fine, Reuben, 78–79, 182
Fischer, Bobby, 4–32, 45, 46, 56, 70, 74
anti-Semitism of, 26–27, 305, 306
background and youth of, 4–14
Botvinnik analysis of moves of, 88
Castro answers Fischer’s objections to
match with Cubans, 16
Curaçao, visit to, 13
extra-chess intrigue and, 253, 254–55, 257, 261–64
as ex-world champion, 301–7
fee concerns of, 14–15, 16, 27, 29–30, 85–86, 124–25, 226
Fox’s legal suit against, 223–24
game theory and, 186–90
gentlemanly play by, 30–31
hate mechanism of, 26–27
Icelanders’ view of, 194, 195–96
Iceland viewed by, 122
imprisoned, 303
Internet chess and, 306
Karpov’s challenge and, 300–301
media portrayals of, 30
memory feats of, 25, 75
as “mimophant,” 24
Moscow, visit to, 8
opponents’ responses to, 22–24, 247–48, 254–55
playing conditions demands by, 14–15, 17, 21, 28, 30–31, 87, 95, 163–65, 169, 170–75, 178–81, 183, 186, 189, 197, 198, 200–201, 203–5, 208–9, 235, 236–37, 240, 243, 300
psychology of, 9, 12, 13–14, 18, 20–30, 77–80, 184–85
recreations of, 20
religion and, 15, 179, 223, 301–2
“retirements” from competition by, 16, 18, 82
relaxation routines of, 221–22
single-minded chess focus of, 6–21
Soviets’ views of, 21
Spassky similarities with, 32
suspicious of Soviets, 13, 26, 257
U.S. championship, 8, 10, 15–16, 17
women, attitude toward, 25
world championship, 247, 280–85, 287, 295–301
world championship qualifying
matches, 84–89, 92–98
See also Fischer-Spassky competition
Fischer, Gerhardt (father), 4, 306
Fischer, Joan (sister). See Targ, Joan Fischer
Fischer, Regina (mother), 4–8, 10, 12, 26–27, 29
FBI file on, 306, 313–21
Fischer-Spassky competition
background to championship match, 1, 99–121, 123, 124–61, 163–65
championship match, 1–3, 26, 56, 57–58, 66, 162, 165–85, 189–91, 197–210, 211, 216–20, 221, 233–36, 240–47, 254, 260–61, 266, 273–75, 309–11
choice of site, 123–29
cold war context of, 176, 227, 239, 270–80, 308–9
cultural impact of championship match, 225–32, 307–9
first tournament, 12–13
Fischer’s apology letter and, 160–61
nonchampionship matches, 12–13, 17, 22, 83–84
rematch (1992), 304–5
Spassky’s view of Fischer and, 30, 295
Flea House (N.Y.C.), 7
Flohr, Salo, 90
Forte, Chet, 201
Fox, Chester, 162–63, 167, 169–70, 173, 178, 183, 201, 205, 211, 220–21, 223–24, 283
Freudian psychology, 78–79
Fried Chicken tournament, 299
From Russia with Love (film), 239–40
Frost, David, 128, 148
Furman, Semion, 40, 200
G
Gagarin, Yuri, 168
game theory, 186–90
Garment, Leonard, 298
Geller, Efim, 13, 28, 44, 46, 62, 86, 87, 105, 106, 113, 116, 118–20, 133, 147, 158, 168, 174, 240, 243, 244, 246, 250, 251, 258, 262, 263, 265, 266, 273, 287, 288, 310
press statement by, 237–39, 240
Geller, Oksana, 250
Germany, 37, 54–55
Gestsson, Gissli, 169–70, 175, 272
Gipslis, Aivar, 18
Glaesibaer (chess club), 196
Glazer, Joe, 229
Gligoric, Svetozar, 86, 141, 192, 205, 221, 228, 243, 244, 307
Golobev, Anatoli, 103
Golombek, Harry, 47, 82, 83, 163, 166, 183–84, 189, 202, 235, 236, 282
Goncharov, Boris, 261, 263
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 58
Gordievsky, Oleg, 249
GosKomSport. SeeSports Committee
Gostiev, Viktor, 261, 262
Grand Strategy(van Reek), 38, 40, 47, 60–61, 116
Great Britain, 140, 227–30, 308
Great Soviet Encyclopedia, The,66–67
Great Terror, 33, 51
Greco, Gioacchino, 197
Gromyko, Andrei, 278
Grossinger’s (resort), 127, 131–32
Grossman, Vasili, 55
Grumette, Lina, 26, 179, 221
Gudbjarnason, Sigmundur, 241–42