Tag
#1970s
3 entries across 1 section of the encyclopedia.
Players
3- Player Anatoly Karpov
Ten years world champion before he ever lost the title, and the player who made positional restraint a winning strategy.
- Player Bobby Fischer
The first American world champion — a singular force who took the title in 1972 and never defended it. His shadow over the modern game has not lifted.
- Player Boris Spassky
The tenth world champion, whose 1972 Reykjavík match with Bobby Fischer brought chess into global politics — and out of it again.