Bobby Fischer

Harry Benson's rare and exclusive photographs of elusive and controversial chess genius Bobby Fischer taken during the historic 1972 World Championship chess match in Iceland in which Fischer soundly defeated reigning champion Russian Boris Spassky are here collected for the first time, in Bobby Fischer.

Photographer Harry Benson was one of the few people Bobby Fischer spoke to during the historic 1972 World Championship chess match in Iceland, in which Fischer soundly defeated reigning world champion Russian Boris Spassky. The match, known at the time as the Game of the Century, is now generally considered a Cold War battle between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Benson's exclusive photographs of the elusive and controversial chess genius give insight into the private world of Benson's 'most eccentric and fascinating person he has ever photographed'.