| Nobody knew what was about to take place.
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| | foreseen happening in the United
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| Certainly nobody outside of the most
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| | States.Chess set sales started to sky
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| knowledgeable people in the game. But in
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| | rocket. Kids were sitting out on their
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| the summer of 1972, Bobby Fischer was
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| | front steps and for the first time in
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| about to play in the most famous world
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| | history, weren't playing the popular
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| chess tournament of all time against
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| | board games of the day or trading
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| Boris Spasky of the Soviet Union. What
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| | baseball cards, which was very popular
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| the world was about to witness had never
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| | especially in the summertime, but now
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| been seen before; the first United States
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| | they were playing chess. Kids who had
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| world chess champion.What most people
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| | never played the game in their life, were
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| don't understand about this tournament,
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| | glued to their chess sets and their TV
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| aside from the significance of Fischer
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| | sets to watch the live coverage by a man
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| becoming the first United States world
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| | who became a legend in his own right,
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| champion, is that this tournament turned
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| | Shelby Lyman.People waited on Shelby's
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| chess from a seldom thought of sport to a
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| | every comment along with his guest stars,
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| craze that literally captured a nation
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| | who were known masters and grand masters.
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| and a world.For the people outside of the
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| | It was like watching a real sporting
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| United States, especially in countries
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| | event as the moves were wired in to the
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| where chess was very popular like the
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| | studio and recreated on the large chess
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| Soviet Union, it was the shock of Fischer
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| | board that was nailed to a wall in the
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| first competing for the title in the
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| | studio. It was the best entertainment
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| first place and then the ultimate shock
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| | around that summer and the ratings for
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| of him winning. This alone made
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| | the broadcasts were through the roof.
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| headlines everywhere. Not only wasn't he
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| | This was unheard of for a publicly owned
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| supposed to win but he was supposed to be
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| | TV station such as PBS.Fischer ultimately
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| beaten badly. And after losing the first
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| | won the tournament in 21 games by a score
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| two games, the second by forfeit because
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| | of 12.5 to 8.5. The world was stunned
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| he refused to show up, it was almost
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| | and the United States had a new hero.
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| certain that his fate was sealed. But
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| | Sadly, the chess craze in the United
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| Fischer made a miraculous comeback and
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| | States died shortly after the tournament
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| stunned the chess world.But in the United
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| | ended, but for a very brief time chess
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| States, this tournament itself took on a
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| | was the king of sports in the United
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| whole different meaning. Sure, the
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| | States and Bobby Fischer was its most
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| country was eager to see if Fischer could
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| | famous hero.We have yet to see anything
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| do the impossible, but something happened
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| | like that summer since and it is doubtful
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| that summer that nobody could have ever
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| | that we will ever see it again.
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