![]() ![]() "What followed may be considered the most brilliant and dominating two-year run of chess play in the history of the game Fischer had now earned the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the world title, and in the summer of 1972 in Reykjavik, Iceland, Fischer soundly defeated the Soviet champion" (ibid.). Championship, which was also a zonal qualifier, but both Pal Benko and Will Lombardy, two of the three qualifiers, agreed to give up their spots to give Fischer another shot at the title. Fischer had withdrawn from competitive chess in late 1968 but in 1970 began a new push to become World Champion. ![]() First edition, first printing of My 60 Memorable Games, inscribed by Lombardy, clearly at Fischer's behest, within days of the latter's landmark world championship victory in 1972, popularly known as "The Match of the Century". Superbly and compellingly provenanced volumes, the Alekhine inscribed by the teenaged Fischer to his mentor, and putative father figure, Jack Collins Fischer's own book, "considered a classic in chess literature" (ANB), signed in full by Fischer and presented to Collins by Fischer's close associate Will Lombardy, "Autographed by the new World Chess Champion and presented by him to Jack and Ethel Collins with affection. ![]()
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