Documentary series examining key sporting clashes.
Fischer v the Soviets. In 1972, at the height of the Cold War,
American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer faced the Soviet master
Boris Spassky in a match that was to become a political chess game between west and east.
Those involved recall the players' paranoia, culminating in Fischer having all his fillings removed because he thought they might help the KGB read his mind. Director/Producer Francis Hanly