Match of the Century & Spassky's Immortal: 50 years on

It's now 50 years since Boris Spassky delighted the chess world with a pure gem at the expense of Bent Larsen. The then reigning 10th World Champion played that game in 1970 during the 2nd round of the "Match of the Century", the USSR vs. the Rest of the World, which took place in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. FM Joachim Iglesias looks back at an event that also featured future or past World Champions Bobby Fischer, Tigran Petrosian, Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Botvinnik and Mikhail Tal.

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