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<i>In Reykjavik, Iceland today,
Bobby Fischer failed to show up</i>

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<i>for his second game
against Boris Spassky.</i>

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<i>Unpredictable Bobby Fischer
stayed in bed today</i>

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<i>rather than show up
for Game Two</i>

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<i>in his world title match with chess
champion Boris Spassky of Russia.</i>

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<i>The match between
the world's chess champion</i>

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<i>Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer
took a strange turn</i>

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<i>when Fischer failed to show up
at the scheduled time</i>

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<i>and forfeited Game Two.</i>

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<i>The entire world seems to
be asking the same question.</i>

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<i>What will Bobby
Fischer do next?</i>

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...half
the witnesses they call

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are Communists,
the other half are Jews.

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If you're both,
do you testify twice?

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Go ahead,
make jokes, Mr. Liberal.

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Your entire family
wasn't gassed at the camps.

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Mama.

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Mama!
Not now, Bobby.

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I have to talk to you.

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Bobby, it's past
your bedtime. Joan?

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There's a car out there.

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What car?

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You told me to tell you.
A red 1952 Chevy.

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Bobby, you remember
what I told you?

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There are bad people
out there who want to intimidate us,

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because we represent
something very threatening to them,

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to the status quo.
You remember what that is?

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Revolution?

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Yes. And sometimes these bad
people want to know about our work.

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So they spy on us.

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So if someone comes
up to you on the street

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and asks you
questions about me

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or Mommy's friends,
what do you say?

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I have nothing
to say to you.

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That's my big boy.

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Ugh. Joan, Joan, Joan,
he's got mustard on his shirt.

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He's gotta wear that to school tomorrow.
Would you soak it for me?

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Love to.

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And put him to bed.

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Bedtime for Bonzo.

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I'm Carmine Nigro,
and I'm told you are a chess player.

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Our church, all colors
and creeds welcome.

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Bobby.

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Choose.

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Let's see
what we got here, eh?

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Most young people don't have
the concentration to play at a high level,

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so please don't get
your hopes up.

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He's beaten
everyone he's ever played.

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My hopes are he will give up
on the damned game if someone beats him.

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Okay. It's your move.

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Do you like baseball,
Bobby?

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Eh? Jackie Robinson,
Pee Wee Reese?

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Mmm-hmm.

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Bobby, have you ever been
to the moon on the subway?

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Mmm-hmm.

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If I take the pieces away,
he just keeps

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playing in his head.
Day and night.

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Took him to a shrink,
he said to come here.

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Well, his game is good,
not exceptional, though.

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Hmm.

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Who taught him
to move like this?

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He taught himself.

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Bobby, shall we call it
a draw?

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Hmm?

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He hates draws.

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Check.

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Mate.

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I'm officially the 25th best
chess player in New York City.

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I can tell you
he has great potential.

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Come here. Come here.

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Again.

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Carmine, it's your move.

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I know
it's my move.

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Come on.

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I'm thinking.

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<i>Come on, Carmine.
It's your turn.</i>

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Bobby, I know
it's my turn.

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Just go.

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<i>Come on.</i>

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<i>Bobby, I still have
time on the clock, okay?</i>

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<i>Let me think.</i>

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Fine.

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Your move, Bobby.

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Mate.

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<i>There's a rising star
in the chess world,</i>

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<i>and he's only 12 years old.</i>

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<i>His name is Bobby Fischer.</i>

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<i>Today he played
American Master Donald Byrne</i>

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<i>and beat him
in what is already</i>

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<i>being described as
"The Game of the Century."</i>

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So, Bobby,
what's next for you?

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It's either I beat them,
or they beat me. You know?

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<i>With an impressive string
of five victories,</i>

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<i>Bobby today became
the youngest ever</i>

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<i>United States Chess Champion.</i>

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Mmm.

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You're back.

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And you won.
Congratulations.

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Every night,
I hear you two screw.

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Bobby, put those down.

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Bobby...
Shut up, Size 12.

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You live in my house
and you're not my father, okay?

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Bobby.
Where is my father?

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Come on.
I was born, right?

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What did you do with him?
Is he on Earth?
Does he even exist?

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Honey. That was
a long time ago.

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So what?
You can't remember?

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Where is he?

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Gone.
Gone where?

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It doesn't matter.

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It matters to me.

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You know what?
Get the fuck outta here.

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You know what?
Go back to Moscow with your Commie friends.

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I am studying, day and night.
And I'm gonna be the next world champion.

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Do you understand me?

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I need silence.
Do you understand?
I want silence.

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Mom said you're staying
at the chess club.

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It's quiet there.

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And what about
high school?

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Ha.

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She still there?

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She fixed up the apartment.
Even got the hot water heater working.

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She won't be
living there anymore.

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She's going to do politics
in California with Cyril.

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You mean King Kong. Mate.

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Mom was worried.

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She thought if they went away,
you'd go home.

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Sleep in a bed.

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That's what
she told you? Huh?

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And you bought it?

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She's running away with some
nutcase Bigfoot Communist.

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Oh, oh, and you know what?
"It's for Bobby's benefit."

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You said you wanted quiet.

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You won, Bobby.

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Be happy.

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<i>In Portoroz,
Yugoslavia today,</i>

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<i>American chess prodigy
Bobby Fischer</i>

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<i>became the youngest ever
Grandmaster in the history of the game.</i>

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Congratulations, Bobby.
Where do you go from here?

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Well, uh, I want to play
the Russians.

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They're the best
in the world,

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and I'm gonna beat 'em all.

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<i>Having won the Interzonal,
he is the odds-on favorite</i>

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<i>to win
the Candidates Tournament</i>

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<i>and gain a match
against the current world champion.</i>

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How are you feeling?

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I'm ready.

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It's my time.

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Mr. Spassky,
a quick chat please?

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This is ridiculous.

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King to rook three.
Knight to king six.

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Pawn takes queen,
bishop to knight seven.

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It's over.

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The Russians are drawing games
on purpose to save their strength

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and they're dumping games
to pad their points,

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making it statistically impossible
for me to win.

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Mr. Fischer,
your complaint has been lodged.

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There's nothing
we can do.

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Of course there's
something you can do.

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They're playing a team game.
It's five guys against one.

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Against me!
Can we go back inside?
Please?

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No, I'm not interested...
Bobby, don't...

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What the hell are you doing
about this anyways?

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All right.
Come here, gather 'round.
I got something to say.

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I want to make
this very clear.

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The Russians are cheats.

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Everybody knows
what's going on.

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The corrupt Federation
does nothing to stop it.

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And there can be no legitimate
world champ if I'm not playing.

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And I'm not gonna play.

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Because this is unfair.
It's unjust. It's immoral!

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I quit!

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I don't just quit this tournament,
I am quitting chess!

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Move. Move.

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Bobby.

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Bobby, wait.
We'll go back inside and apologize.

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You can still
place well...

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What are you talking about?

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This was it!

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What do you think
I've been working the past

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10 years of my life for?

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I was gonna be the youngest world
champ in the history of the game!

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That's over now.

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They stole it from me,
Carmine, they took it!

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That was today! Today!

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English.
This is America.

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Ah, the American boy who hates
us but cannot resist our magazines.

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Spassky is becoming
the new messiah.

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They say he won't
ever lose a match.

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Someone left this for you.

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A lawyer.
You are in trouble, maybe?

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Do you want a game?

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You think I'm stupid?

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So you know who I am.

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Yeah. I know who you are.

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I've been trying
to reach you.

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You don't answer
your phone.

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Ah. You're that lawyer.

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What did I do?

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Nothing.
Nothing. You did nothing.

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You do nothing.
That's why I'm here.

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I read your article
in <i>Sports Illustrated.</i>

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You told the truth
about the Russians.

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Yeah, that's right,
I did.

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Oh, did you see this?

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"Soviet invasion
to hit California surf."

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"World's greatest
chess players to visit U.S."

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Yeah, I saw that.
They say it's just a game

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for fun, hand of friendship,
all that crap.

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But you know the truth.
They're laughing at us.

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They think their
chess dominance proves

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Soviet intellectual
superiority over the decadent West.

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I don't really care
about politics.

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They're using chess to say...
"Screw America."

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Yeah, I'm about the game,
you see.

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Two guys at a board,
one makes a move,

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the other makes a move,
and that's it.

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I'm a chess fan myself.

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I'm also
hopelessly patriotic.

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I take an interest in people like yourself.
Creative people.

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I create the wherewithal
that allows them to do what they do.

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Ask Jimi Hendrix.

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Ask the Rolling Stones.
If I can help them, I can help anybody.

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I'd like to represent you,
Mr. Fischer.

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So you're out
to make a buck.

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No, I don't need the money.
I'd be doing this for free.

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Pro Bono.

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You're the one man
in this country who could put up a fight.

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Maybe even beat them.

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I'd like a front row seat
when the good guys win.

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If I went back
to competition,

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there'd have to be
some real changes.

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It's got to be fair.

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If you're serious about playing,
I'll see what I can do.

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That is if you
still wanna play.

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Call me.

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He's very excited
about this.

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I'm only a selector
on the committee.

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You see, he apologizes
to the Federation.

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With profanity
on that first line.

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Ah.

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Well, he's nursed a grudge for a long time.
Mmm-hmm.

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He's studied how
the Russians play.

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Every day.
Eighteen hours a day.

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For four years.
Mmm-hmm.

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For him, Vietnam and the Beatles
never happened.

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I'm guessing he still
has his opinions about the Soviets?

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Well, you'll promise the committee
we'll keep him out of trouble.

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The Piatigorsky was organized to build bridges,
not to burn them.

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So we lose 12 to zero,
and that's a bridge?

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He asked for you.

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Wants you to be his second.

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He respects you.

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You're the only one
who ever beat Spassky.

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We were young.
He'd destroy me now.

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And you've beaten Bobby.

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That was a long time ago.

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Bobby has problems.

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So did Mozart.

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He might crack.

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Bobby won't crack.

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He will explode.

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Bobby, Bill's here.

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Ah.

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Hey, Bobby,
how you doing?

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Against Petrosian in Zurich,
you sacrificed your king's pawn.

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You know that's the thing
that got you, right?

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You always play
too cautiously,

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and you go crazy
in the other direction.

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That's a real weakness.

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Hey, if I criticize a priest,
do I go to hell?

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Depends if you
believe in hell.

00:24:14.663 --> 00:24:16.206
Yeah. All right.

00:24:16.498 --> 00:24:19.626
I'm gonna show you how you
could have won in 13 moves.

00:24:19.709 --> 00:24:20.710
Huh.

00:24:21.711 --> 00:24:23.296
Castle, pawn,

00:24:24.381 --> 00:24:26.800
knight, bishop, rook...
That's you.

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.260
All right.

00:24:28.885 --> 00:24:30.804
King goes there, pawns...

00:24:32.764 --> 00:24:34.724
All right. Now here,
here's where you screwed up.

00:24:35.517 --> 00:24:38.311
You got greedy,
and you traded knight for bishop

00:24:38.436 --> 00:24:40.647
and you sacrificed your pawn, right?
Mmm-hmm.

00:24:40.730 --> 00:24:41.731
Now,

00:24:42.607 --> 00:24:45.735
what if you'd done
this instead?

00:24:48.822 --> 00:24:51.741
You see, the Russians
are like boa constrictors.

00:24:51.825 --> 00:24:54.161
If you do nothing,
they strangle you to death.

00:24:54.244 --> 00:24:57.372
But if you confuse them,
you attack them from everywhere,

00:24:58.081 --> 00:24:59.241
then all they can do
is react.

00:24:59.916 --> 00:25:01.877
Now here, you see,
I got my machine gun

00:25:02.002 --> 00:25:03.920
lined up,
bearing down on the king.

00:25:04.004 --> 00:25:07.757
Now he tries to defend himself.
I sacrifice my rook.

00:25:08.967 --> 00:25:10.927
And now
the real attack begins.

00:25:11.595 --> 00:25:13.013
Check.

00:25:13.096 --> 00:25:15.724
Check. Take.

00:25:15.807 --> 00:25:19.060
Hey, Bobby, you know
this tournament's about diplomacy.

00:25:19.936 --> 00:25:22.981
No, this tournament,
like all tournaments, is about winning.

00:25:23.064 --> 00:25:24.357
So...

00:25:24.441 --> 00:25:26.193
Okay, well.
Rook takes bishop.

00:25:26.276 --> 00:25:27.277
Of course.

00:25:27.777 --> 00:25:31.072
Now, he thinks he's safe,
but I've been developing a plot to kill his king.

00:25:31.156 --> 00:25:33.200
You see, my rook
is sitting there waiting,

00:25:33.283 --> 00:25:34.534
forgotten about
in the background.

00:25:34.618 --> 00:25:36.036
I bring him into the hunt.

00:25:37.037 --> 00:25:38.455
Now the king flees.

00:25:39.331 --> 00:25:41.958
Even his beloved queen
can't do anything.

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:45.170
She's just sitting there,
watching... Mmm-hmm.

00:25:45.253 --> 00:25:46.463
...as the noose tightens.

00:25:46.546 --> 00:25:47.547
And finally...

00:25:49.341 --> 00:25:50.592
He sees the end.

00:25:51.635 --> 00:25:52.802
Holy shit.

00:25:53.053 --> 00:25:56.264
Hey, I didn't know a priest
could use bad language.

00:25:57.557 --> 00:25:58.683
I like this guy.

00:25:59.517 --> 00:26:01.645
So, uh, we going
to California?

00:26:18.662 --> 00:26:22.165
<i>This is 93 KHJ Los Angeles.</i>

00:26:22.707 --> 00:26:25.043
<i>Don't be fooled
by the warm weather, kids.</i>

00:26:25.126 --> 00:26:27.921
<i>Because the Cold War
just blew into town.</i>

00:26:28.505 --> 00:26:32.092
<i>The Soviet chess team arrived today in L.A.
for a goodwill tournament.</i>

00:26:32.342 --> 00:26:36.179
<i>With them is the current
world champion, Boris Spassky.</i>

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:42.352
<i>The comrades are booked into
the Beverly Hilton Hotel.</i>

00:26:42.435 --> 00:26:44.688
<i>So much for
working-class values.</i>

00:26:45.063 --> 00:26:46.648
<i>If you're listening, guys,</i>

00:26:46.731 --> 00:26:50.026
<i>welcome to the Free World
and enjoy the sunshine.</i>

00:27:18.221 --> 00:27:19.556
Four C... What?
Yeah, yeah.

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:22.225
Six A. It's really hot in here.
What's going on?

00:27:22.309 --> 00:27:23.351
Repair guy didn't show.

00:27:23.435 --> 00:27:26.521
You know, you promised hotels.
This place is a real dive.

00:27:26.604 --> 00:27:28.231
Are you a rock star?
He acts like a rock star.

00:27:28.398 --> 00:27:30.025
You realize I have
to prepare, right?

00:27:31.443 --> 00:27:32.986
Right?
Yeah.

00:27:33.069 --> 00:27:34.612
Well, you know what?
What?

00:27:34.696 --> 00:27:36.239
I ain't stayin' here.

00:27:37.032 --> 00:27:38.033
Bobby.

00:27:38.616 --> 00:27:40.285
These are
improved accommodations?

00:27:40.368 --> 00:27:41.369
This is improved.

00:27:41.453 --> 00:27:42.579
Staying at a roach motel.

00:27:42.746 --> 00:27:43.830
Somebody else
is paying for it.

00:27:43.913 --> 00:27:45.373
Yeah, well, where are
the Russians staying?

00:27:45.498 --> 00:27:46.818
We don't have
their kind of money.

00:27:46.875 --> 00:27:48.335
Didn't we invent money?

00:27:48.835 --> 00:27:50.378
We rely
on private donors.

00:27:50.462 --> 00:27:51.504
Yeah, right.

00:27:51.588 --> 00:27:53.256
The Russians,
they get whatever they want

00:27:53.423 --> 00:27:55.133
because they know
what it takes to win.

00:27:55.508 --> 00:28:00.555
And I end up staying next to Route 66.
All I want is some quiet!

00:28:01.222 --> 00:28:02.432
So stop yelling.

00:28:06.102 --> 00:28:08.897
Yeah, yeah. Right. Sorry.

00:28:09.773 --> 00:28:10.774
Hey, what's your name?

00:28:11.441 --> 00:28:12.442
I'm Donna.

00:28:13.943 --> 00:28:17.364
Yeah, well, uh... Yeah,
I'll see you later, Donna.
I'm going for a walk.

00:28:17.447 --> 00:28:18.531
Want some company?

00:28:20.950 --> 00:28:21.951
Sure.

00:28:22.744 --> 00:28:24.329
Wait. I'll be right there.

00:28:27.332 --> 00:28:28.333
Uh...

00:28:28.458 --> 00:28:30.293
And he hasn't even
started playing.

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.860
You walk pretty fast.

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:40.697
This all you
wanted to do?

00:29:42.323 --> 00:29:43.491
We could sit down.

00:29:44.742 --> 00:29:45.743
Oh. Okay.

00:29:53.168 --> 00:29:55.003
So what do you do,
Donna?

00:29:55.753 --> 00:29:56.754
I screw people.

00:29:57.297 --> 00:29:58.298
Yeah?

00:29:58.381 --> 00:29:59.466
Mmm-hmm.

00:30:01.718 --> 00:30:03.761
Oh. So do I.

00:30:07.724 --> 00:30:09.309
Listen, uh...

00:30:10.226 --> 00:30:12.187
I was thinking about
getting rid of my virginity.

00:30:13.897 --> 00:30:14.939
Is that right?

00:30:15.064 --> 00:30:16.191
Yeah, that's right.

00:30:24.449 --> 00:30:25.742
Bishop to queen three.

00:30:27.118 --> 00:30:28.620
Bishop to knight five.

00:30:28.745 --> 00:30:30.246
Knight to knight five.

00:30:31.247 --> 00:30:34.292
Mmm. King rook
to queen one.

00:30:34.626 --> 00:30:37.128
Ah. Queen to knight four.

00:30:39.130 --> 00:30:42.217
Yeah, that's not even me.
That's Morphy versus Anderssen.

00:30:42.800 --> 00:30:45.386
Pawn to queen rook four.

00:30:46.763 --> 00:30:47.931
Queen to king seven.

00:30:48.473 --> 00:30:49.724
Queen takes queen.

00:30:49.807 --> 00:30:50.892
Rook takes queen.

00:30:51.935 --> 00:30:53.895
Shit!

00:30:54.437 --> 00:30:55.980
Hey. You ready?
Yeah.

00:30:56.397 --> 00:30:57.941
Background on the Soviets.

00:30:58.566 --> 00:30:59.901
You're kidding, right?

00:30:59.984 --> 00:31:02.570
Yeah, I know every game every one
of these guys has ever played.

00:31:02.654 --> 00:31:04.155
You know,
they're sitting by the pool

00:31:04.239 --> 00:31:06.908
at their fancy hotel,
laughing, having drinks.

00:31:08.117 --> 00:31:09.452
They have no idea.

00:31:10.286 --> 00:31:11.746
You guys coming?

00:31:12.288 --> 00:31:14.123
I think he's ready.
Yeah.

00:31:22.632 --> 00:31:24.801
Bobby's disappeared.
He'll be here.

00:31:24.884 --> 00:31:26.804
If he's not seated in three minutes,
he forfeits.

00:31:26.886 --> 00:31:28.763
He'll be here.
Yeah? A little prayer wouldn't hurt.

00:31:28.846 --> 00:31:30.473
I pray for his opponent.

00:31:32.684 --> 00:31:33.810
Bobby? You here?

00:31:33.977 --> 00:31:35.144
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:31:35.645 --> 00:31:37.730
What the hell? You've got, like,
seconds to take your seat.

00:31:37.814 --> 00:31:38.856
Great. If my mom comes,

00:31:38.982 --> 00:31:40.142
will you give that to her?
Yes.

00:31:40.191 --> 00:31:41.526
Yeah, she lives
in California now,

00:31:41.609 --> 00:31:42.860
so you never know.
She might show.

00:31:42.944 --> 00:31:44.654
Bobby, you've drawn
Ivanovich in the first round.

00:31:44.737 --> 00:31:47.574
Hey, whatever you do, don't let her get in.
It screws up my game.

00:31:47.657 --> 00:31:49.742
I told her she could
listen on the radio.

00:31:49.826 --> 00:31:52.954
Bobby, Ivanovich is officially the
third best chess player in the world.

00:31:53.496 --> 00:31:54.497
Fourth.

00:31:56.749 --> 00:31:57.750
Fourth.

00:32:01.045 --> 00:32:04.165
If he doesn't make his move in 60 seconds,
the game will be forfeited.

00:32:38.791 --> 00:32:40.126
Adjust.

00:33:30.677 --> 00:33:32.970
<i>Americans don't beat
Russians at chess.</i>

00:33:33.638 --> 00:33:35.515
<i>But it happened today
in Santa Monica.</i>

00:33:36.015 --> 00:33:39.018
<i>And when American chess sensation
Bobby Fischer's around,</i>

00:33:39.102 --> 00:33:40.895
<i>it just keeps on happening.</i>

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.817
We have a problem.

00:33:52.657 --> 00:33:53.741
Mr. Fischer?

00:33:55.451 --> 00:33:58.204
Yeah. I've decided
I'm not playing again

00:33:58.287 --> 00:33:59.872
until all my conditions
are met.

00:34:01.708 --> 00:34:03.376
What conditions?

00:34:03.459 --> 00:34:07.213
Well, first off,
I want to arrive in a big black car,

00:34:07.296 --> 00:34:08.576
you know,
just like the Russians.

00:34:09.173 --> 00:34:11.050
Limousines cost money.

00:34:11.134 --> 00:34:13.974
And number two, you know I was on the
front page of the <i>L.A. Times</i> today?

00:34:14.011 --> 00:34:15.888
Ticket sales are through the roof.
Mmm-hmm.

00:34:15.972 --> 00:34:19.726
A thousand people are paying
$5 apiece just to see me play.

00:34:19.809 --> 00:34:21.436
That's $5,000.
Mmm.

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:23.312
I want 30%. That's $1,500.

00:34:23.771 --> 00:34:24.814
Uh, Bobby...

00:34:24.897 --> 00:34:26.649
No. Money is respect, Paul.

00:34:27.567 --> 00:34:30.903
And number three, I want at least five
feet between me and the audience.

00:34:30.987 --> 00:34:32.739
You know,
I can smell their breath.

00:34:33.364 --> 00:34:35.074
It's almost like I hear their thoughts,
you know.

00:34:35.158 --> 00:34:36.993
My thoughts need
to be on the board.

00:34:42.832 --> 00:34:44.000
Is that all?

00:34:44.125 --> 00:34:45.251
Well, why don't you
have someone check

00:34:45.334 --> 00:34:47.094
and make sure our phones
aren't being bugged.

00:34:47.128 --> 00:34:48.504
The rest is on the list.

00:35:00.391 --> 00:35:01.392
Hey.

00:35:02.018 --> 00:35:05.313
Hi. So, I heard you won.

00:35:05.938 --> 00:35:07.440
So congrats.
Oh, thanks.

00:35:08.316 --> 00:35:10.067
What's wrong with
the phone in your room?

00:35:10.234 --> 00:35:12.361
Oh, I heard
this click-click,

00:35:12.445 --> 00:35:14.864
I thought maybe, you know,
my phone was bugged.

00:35:15.156 --> 00:35:16.491
Who you calling?
Uh, hold on...

00:35:16.783 --> 00:35:20.077
Uh, hello, operator?
I'm looking for a number for Regina Fischer.

00:35:21.037 --> 00:35:24.415
Uh... I don't know,
I thought maybe...

00:35:24.499 --> 00:35:25.875
Well, I don't know,
somewhere near the beach.

00:35:25.958 --> 00:35:27.084
I'm in Santa Monica,

00:35:27.168 --> 00:35:28.928
so I don't know,
maybe somewhere around here?

00:35:29.086 --> 00:35:31.047
I'm making sure my mom
doesn't come tomorrow.

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:33.007
She can be distracting.

00:35:33.090 --> 00:35:34.801
And I'll say
hello to her and...

00:35:35.802 --> 00:35:37.386
Hello? Uh...

00:35:37.970 --> 00:35:41.474
Oh, okay.
Well, never mind, then.

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:47.563
So, you wanna lose
your virginity tonight?

00:35:47.897 --> 00:35:49.106
Uh, oh, uh...

00:35:49.190 --> 00:35:50.691
Well, I haven't forgotten
about our arrangement,

00:35:50.775 --> 00:35:53.361
and I am looking forward
to it, but, uh...

00:35:54.028 --> 00:35:55.571
But I gotta stay
focused tonight.

00:35:56.197 --> 00:35:57.657
I slaughtered
one of them today,

00:35:57.740 --> 00:36:00.076
so tomorrow they're going
to come at me like banshees.

00:36:03.371 --> 00:36:04.372
Okay.

00:36:04.455 --> 00:36:05.957
All right. Uh...

00:36:06.082 --> 00:36:07.583
Well, good luck.
See you later.

00:36:16.008 --> 00:36:18.010
I passed up
having sex for this.

00:36:19.345 --> 00:36:21.013
Passed it up
for 20 years.

00:37:29.790 --> 00:37:32.168
So, Boris,
it looks like Bobby has improved his game.

00:37:32.251 --> 00:37:33.252
What do you think?

00:37:36.881 --> 00:37:40.051
<i>Tomorrow, a record crowd
will watch the American Bobby Fischer</i>

00:37:40.134 --> 00:37:42.011
<i>as he faces
Russian World Champion</i>

00:37:42.136 --> 00:37:44.013
<i>Boris Spassky
in the final match.</i>

00:37:44.847 --> 00:37:46.599
<i>Fischer, whose demands
for more money</i>

00:37:46.724 --> 00:37:48.517
<i>have infuriated
tournament promoters,</i>

00:37:49.143 --> 00:37:51.938
<i>has won a remarkable
eight matches in a row.</i>

00:37:52.563 --> 00:37:55.691
<i>But tomorrow will definitely
be his greatest test.</i>

00:37:57.985 --> 00:38:03.074
Pawn to king three.
Queen to king one.
Knight to rook four...

00:38:03.783 --> 00:38:05.034
What?

00:38:05.117 --> 00:38:06.285
Uh...

00:38:06.869 --> 00:38:08.371
I, uh...

00:38:08.955 --> 00:38:10.706
I like to play
the King's Indian,

00:38:10.831 --> 00:38:12.583
but he's an expert
on the Samisch, so...

00:38:12.667 --> 00:38:13.709
Who?

00:38:13.793 --> 00:38:16.003
Spassky. So I thought
maybe a Grunfeld,

00:38:16.087 --> 00:38:19.632
but then I have to find an answer
to pawn bishop four.

00:38:19.715 --> 00:38:22.718
You know, I was wondering,
did you reach your mom yet?

00:38:23.761 --> 00:38:25.388
I bet she'd be proud.

00:38:26.681 --> 00:38:27.890
Uh...

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:31.268
I need to go through this.

00:38:31.394 --> 00:38:34.105
I need to work through this,
so I thought maybe...

00:38:34.855 --> 00:38:36.065
Uh...

00:38:38.859 --> 00:38:40.528
Sure. Yeah.

00:38:41.278 --> 00:38:42.571
Well, that was great
for me, too.

00:38:42.989 --> 00:38:43.990
Thank you.

00:38:44.073 --> 00:38:45.241
Oh, yeah. Thank you.

00:39:59.273 --> 00:40:00.483
How you feeling?

00:40:00.566 --> 00:40:01.567
I'm fine.

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.861
Did you eat?

00:40:04.653 --> 00:40:06.113
You mind not talking?

00:40:14.121 --> 00:40:15.539
That's good.
Okay.

00:40:15.623 --> 00:40:16.624
Thanks.

00:40:45.653 --> 00:40:47.113
Bobby,
how does it feel to lose?

00:40:47.238 --> 00:40:48.697
That's a stupid question.

00:40:48.781 --> 00:40:51.867
How'd he beat you, Bob?
Would you understand if I answered that?

00:40:52.535 --> 00:40:53.828
He was playing to draw.

00:40:53.911 --> 00:40:55.955
Bobby, no one expected you
to beat Spassky.

00:40:56.038 --> 00:40:57.039
Yeah, I did.

00:40:57.123 --> 00:40:58.916
They're waiting to give you
the runner's-up medal.

00:40:58.999 --> 00:41:00.334
Ha! No thanks.

00:41:01.377 --> 00:41:04.713
At least, uh, talk to the TV people!
Oh, forget him. Forget him.

00:42:03.647 --> 00:42:05.441
He's disappeared.
He'll be back.

00:42:07.151 --> 00:42:08.611
What makes you
so sure?

00:42:08.736 --> 00:42:11.697
It's all that matters to him.
Without chess, he doesn't exist.

00:42:12.072 --> 00:42:13.616
You think he can
ever beat Spassky?

00:42:15.201 --> 00:42:16.493
Hypothetically,

00:42:17.328 --> 00:42:20.164
what would it take
to make him world champion?

00:42:21.957 --> 00:42:25.502
The desk clerk asked why we
were making so many calls to D.C.

00:42:25.586 --> 00:42:27.129
I haven't been calling D.C.

00:42:28.756 --> 00:42:30.049
Who've you been
talking to?

00:42:30.132 --> 00:42:31.717
There are people
in high places

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:33.636
who take an interest
in any confrontation

00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:34.803
between us
and the Soviet Union.

00:42:34.887 --> 00:42:36.096
State Department? CIA?

00:42:36.805 --> 00:42:37.806
White House?

00:42:38.724 --> 00:42:40.601
Bobby wants limos,
he gets limos.

00:42:40.684 --> 00:42:43.103
And they'll throw
in "honorariums" for each victory.

00:42:43.187 --> 00:42:44.480
Paid for by whom?

00:42:46.857 --> 00:42:48.359
Are you a patriot, Father?

00:42:49.944 --> 00:42:50.986
Mostly.

00:42:52.112 --> 00:42:53.781
Bobby may be a little off,

00:42:53.864 --> 00:42:56.659
but he understands
this whole thing better than you.

00:42:56.742 --> 00:42:57.910
We're at war.

00:42:58.911 --> 00:43:02.915
Only it's not being fought
by guns and missiles. Not yet, at least.

00:43:03.207 --> 00:43:04.917
It's a war of perception.

00:43:05.626 --> 00:43:10.631
The poor kid from Brooklyn against
the whole Soviet Empire.

00:43:10.923 --> 00:43:12.591
The perfect American story.

00:43:12.675 --> 00:43:14.551
So your interest in
this is ideological.

00:43:17.554 --> 00:43:19.390
But what's in it for you?

00:43:20.057 --> 00:43:23.269
There's such a thing
as doing well by doing good.

00:43:24.103 --> 00:43:25.980
And you haven't
answered my question.

00:43:26.397 --> 00:43:27.606
Bobby Fischer...

00:43:28.816 --> 00:43:32.820
Bobby Fischer is the second best
chess player I've ever seen.

00:43:36.532 --> 00:43:38.172
He's also got severe
problems in his head.

00:43:38.200 --> 00:43:40.661
Which need to be
understood and managed.

00:43:40.744 --> 00:43:42.288
Managed? Bobby?

00:43:44.832 --> 00:43:46.458
You ever hear
of Paul Morphy?

00:43:47.501 --> 00:43:50.421
1855. Greatest player
this country ever had.

00:43:50.504 --> 00:43:53.590
Before Bobby, that is.
But by 21,

00:43:55.134 --> 00:43:57.761
he'd beat every
master in Europe.

00:43:58.846 --> 00:44:02.391
But then, things started
to get a little weird.

00:44:03.892 --> 00:44:07.021
He started having visions,
and became

00:44:08.188 --> 00:44:09.481
convinced that people
were trying to

00:44:09.565 --> 00:44:11.233
poison him, and he quit

00:44:12.484 --> 00:44:14.111
at 26,

00:44:14.737 --> 00:44:17.573
and eventually
killed himself

00:44:18.115 --> 00:44:21.035
in a bathtub surrounded by 12 pairs
of ladies' shoes.

00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:24.872
So, this game...

00:44:30.753 --> 00:44:32.129
It's a rabbit hole.

00:44:35.632 --> 00:44:39.511
After only four moves, there's more
than 300 billion options to consider.

00:44:39.595 --> 00:44:42.931
There's more 40-move games
than there are stars in the galaxy.

00:44:43.932 --> 00:44:47.728
So, it can take you
very close to the edge.

00:44:56.528 --> 00:44:57.780
Could he win?

00:45:02.242 --> 00:45:04.036
If Bobby were to go
for the title,

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:05.679
it would mean
traveling around the world

00:45:05.704 --> 00:45:07.122
playing tournaments
for three years.

00:45:08.457 --> 00:45:10.542
In my opinion,
he might not make it that long.

00:45:10.626 --> 00:45:12.294
It's your job
to see that he does.

00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:18.842
If we can ever find him.

00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:55.504
Holy shit.

00:45:57.339 --> 00:45:58.507
They following me?

00:46:01.093 --> 00:46:02.177
Hey!

00:46:02.636 --> 00:46:05.722
Hey! Hey! Hey!

00:46:06.181 --> 00:46:07.433
Over here!

00:46:07.516 --> 00:46:08.851
You guys following me?

00:46:09.810 --> 00:46:10.811
Hey!

00:46:11.854 --> 00:46:12.855
You're soft!

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:14.189
You got your guys...

00:46:14.273 --> 00:46:16.733
You're a stooge!
I got nothing!

00:46:18.944 --> 00:46:19.945
Hey.

00:46:20.446 --> 00:46:22.948
Where you going?
I'm talking to you!

00:46:24.032 --> 00:46:25.701
Hey! Where you going?

00:46:27.786 --> 00:46:29.121
I'm coming for you!

00:46:30.372 --> 00:46:32.541
I'm coming for you!

00:46:37.421 --> 00:46:39.506
<i>This is BBC News.</i>

00:46:39.590 --> 00:46:41.300
<i>Today in Hungary,</i>

00:46:41.383 --> 00:46:44.636
<i>American Bobby Fischer
returned to international competition</i>

00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:47.055
<i>by defeating the number-five player
in the world,</i>

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:48.182
<i>Viktor Korchnoi,</i>

00:46:48.265 --> 00:46:51.310
<i>and declared his intention
to become world champion.</i>

00:46:51.518 --> 00:46:52.728
How do you feel?

00:46:54.438 --> 00:46:56.398
<i>And so begins
the grueling challenge</i>

00:46:56.482 --> 00:46:59.651
<i>of defeating the grandmasters
who stand between Fischer</i>

00:46:59.735 --> 00:47:02.696
<i>and the newly crowned world champion,
Boris Spassky.</i>

00:47:03.697 --> 00:47:05.032
Bobby,
you dominated the competition.

00:47:05.115 --> 00:47:06.158
How do you feel?

00:47:06.658 --> 00:47:09.161
I feel good.
You know, these guys

00:47:09.244 --> 00:47:11.246
didn't offer me
much competition.

00:47:12.498 --> 00:47:14.958
<i>I see this
as an obstacle course</i>

00:47:15.042 --> 00:47:16.642
<i>to the World Championship
and then, uh...</i>

00:47:17.503 --> 00:47:19.543
Then they'll have to agree
to the conditions I want.

00:47:20.255 --> 00:47:22.799
<i>Over here, Bobby.
You think the Russians are worried about you?</i>

00:47:22.883 --> 00:47:26.553
Oh, yeah. They've been worried about
me ever since I started playing chess.

00:47:27.221 --> 00:47:30.224
You know, I'm kinda
picking these guys off,

00:47:30.307 --> 00:47:31.767
but they've been
preparing for me,

00:47:31.892 --> 00:47:33.310
so you never know
what's up their sleeve.

00:47:33.393 --> 00:47:34.913
<i>Think anybody
can beat you?</i>

00:47:53.372 --> 00:47:56.375
<i>The tide of history
is changing, friend.</i>

00:47:56.625 --> 00:47:59.169
<i>God's plan
has left them behind,</i>

00:47:59.294 --> 00:48:01.838
<i>so they plot to take
the world away from God.</i>

00:48:02.506 --> 00:48:05.050
<i>They seek to destroy
our great Christian nation.</i>

00:48:05.801 --> 00:48:09.680
<i>As it is written in Revelations 18,
he will use one nation...</i>

00:48:09.805 --> 00:48:12.057
What are you listening to?
<i>...to punish another nation.</i>

00:48:12.140 --> 00:48:14.059
<i>He will take vengeance
on this modern devil.</i>

00:48:14.142 --> 00:48:15.561
You mind closing the door?

00:48:15.644 --> 00:48:17.764
<i>And they will do anything in their power
to destroy us.</i>

00:48:17.813 --> 00:48:19.064
Sure.

00:48:19.147 --> 00:48:22.568
<i>Theirs is
an international conspiracy.</i>

00:48:22.651 --> 00:48:27.531
<i>Mossad, KGB,
the military-industrial complex</i>

00:48:27.614 --> 00:48:30.284
<i>and an unholy cabal
of Jewish banks.</i>

00:48:30.659 --> 00:48:32.035
Ah, Joanie,
Joanie, Joanie,

00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:33.829
I'm between
three airports and hell.

00:48:33.912 --> 00:48:37.874
I have 10 minutes in New York to see my wife,
kiss my kids, talk to you.

00:48:37.958 --> 00:48:40.043
How the hell you been?
You're looking great.

00:48:40.669 --> 00:48:41.670
I have to see him.

00:48:42.713 --> 00:48:44.840
Every time I call,
they say his phone is broken.

00:48:46.717 --> 00:48:47.843
That happens.

00:48:48.302 --> 00:48:49.344
You mean he breaks them.

00:48:52.889 --> 00:48:54.516
I want to take him
to see a doctor.

00:48:55.934 --> 00:48:59.354
Uh, well, that just won't be possible.
He's already in Vancouver.

00:49:01.106 --> 00:49:02.107
These.

00:49:03.025 --> 00:49:04.234
Every week,

00:49:05.235 --> 00:49:06.612
his letters, they...

00:49:07.863 --> 00:49:09.031
They get more crazy.

00:49:09.865 --> 00:49:11.742
More crazy.
You take a look.
Go ahead.

00:49:12.075 --> 00:49:15.662
Um, they're private letters
to you, Joan. I, um...

00:49:17.039 --> 00:49:18.540
I respect his privacy.

00:49:19.916 --> 00:49:22.044
I showed them to
a psychiatrist friend.

00:49:23.045 --> 00:49:25.589
He said that Bobby
is displaying signs of, um...

00:49:27.424 --> 00:49:31.303
Of paranoia
and delusional psychosis.

00:49:31.386 --> 00:49:35.307
Well...
Chess is a crazy world.

00:49:35.891 --> 00:49:38.602
Some of the things he says
about the Soviets are true.

00:49:38.727 --> 00:49:42.230
In Tunis, we found listening devices
in his hotel room.

00:49:47.194 --> 00:49:52.407
"The Communists infect my mind
with words that just keep repeating.

00:49:52.824 --> 00:49:55.243
"The Jews
are helping them, too.

00:49:55.577 --> 00:49:58.622
"The Jews want to keep
the Chess Federation all to themselves,

00:49:58.747 --> 00:50:00.040
"just like they own
New York,

00:50:00.123 --> 00:50:02.501
"and own and control
most governments in the world."

00:50:02.584 --> 00:50:03.585
We...

00:50:04.544 --> 00:50:05.545
We are Jewish.

00:50:06.588 --> 00:50:08.548
Bobby is Jewish.
What do you people say to him

00:50:08.632 --> 00:50:10.008
when he comes out
with this trash?

00:50:10.092 --> 00:50:11.760
He doesn't listen to me.

00:50:13.011 --> 00:50:14.221
He doesn't listen
to anybody.

00:50:15.097 --> 00:50:18.141
Joanie, look. I swear,
this isn't just about the title anymore.

00:50:18.266 --> 00:50:20.268
It's about the kind
of games he's playing.

00:50:20.769 --> 00:50:23.146
Out of all
the crazy stuff,

00:50:26.108 --> 00:50:27.818
such unimaginable beauty.

00:50:28.485 --> 00:50:30.904
A da Vinci, they're saying,
from Brooklyn.

00:50:31.697 --> 00:50:36.618
Once every, what, 500 years,
grandmasters are watching Bobby play

00:50:37.619 --> 00:50:39.371
with tears in their eyes.

00:50:50.924 --> 00:50:52.467
Joanie, look,
I'll take care of him.

00:50:52.551 --> 00:50:54.636
Okay? I'll take care of him.

00:50:56.346 --> 00:51:00.058
I'll make sure his life
doesn't get too crazy.

00:51:00.517 --> 00:51:01.727
There he is,
there he is!

00:51:01.810 --> 00:51:03.019
Hey, Bobby! Right here.

00:51:03.103 --> 00:51:04.396
You've never beaten
Spassky before.

00:51:04.479 --> 00:51:05.959
Why do you think
you can beat him now?

00:51:13.697 --> 00:51:15.866
<i>This is BBC News.</i>

00:51:15.949 --> 00:51:19.703
<i>Today, Bobby Fischer beat Russian Grandmaster
Tigran Petrosian</i>

00:51:19.828 --> 00:51:22.414
<i>in the semi-final of the World
Chess Championships.</i>

00:51:22.497 --> 00:51:25.167
<i>Fischer will now face the current
world champion, Boris Spassky.</i>

00:51:25.250 --> 00:51:26.450
Bobby,
with this win,

00:51:26.501 --> 00:51:28.670
you're guaranteed a shot at the Championship.
How does it feel?

00:51:28.754 --> 00:51:30.756
It's about time.
I always said I was the best.

00:51:30.839 --> 00:51:33.439
Everyone said, "Oh, he's an arrogant,
terrible, conceited person,"

00:51:33.508 --> 00:51:35.510
but now it's just
an obvious fact I'm the best.

00:51:35.594 --> 00:51:36.595
You've never
beaten Spassky.

00:51:36.678 --> 00:51:38.388
The Russians are saying
you don't have a chance against him.

00:51:38.472 --> 00:51:39.598
I don't care
two cents about him

00:51:39.681 --> 00:51:41.099
one way or the other.
He's just another guy.

00:51:41.183 --> 00:51:42.943
What's this about
the Russians spying on you?

00:51:43.018 --> 00:51:45.687
Oh, yeah. Sure. Yeah.
I've seen them following me,

00:51:45.771 --> 00:51:47.522
they bugged the phones
in my hotel rooms.

00:51:47.856 --> 00:51:50.192
I heard they can even
listen through the fillings in your teeth.

00:51:50.275 --> 00:51:51.526
You're kidding, right?
No, I'm not kidding.

00:51:51.610 --> 00:51:52.810
You should go
see your dentist.

00:51:52.861 --> 00:51:53.862
Petrosian said
he wasn't well.

00:51:53.945 --> 00:51:55.489
He's the second Russian
to get sick playing you.

00:51:55.572 --> 00:51:57.052
Yeah, they're all
getting sick.

00:51:57.866 --> 00:51:59.743
Bobby. Bobby.

00:52:03.914 --> 00:52:04.915
That's it.

00:52:04.998 --> 00:52:06.333
Bobby, Bobby, Bobby.

00:52:06.875 --> 00:52:09.628
<i>Wide World of Sports</i>
is already offering a segment.

00:52:09.711 --> 00:52:11.671
Yeah.
Cavett wants you, and...

00:52:11.755 --> 00:52:14.800
Are you ready?
Are you sitting down?
Are you sitting down?

00:52:14.883 --> 00:52:19.095
Mike Wallace called.
Mike Wallace called.
<i>60 Minutes,</i> Bobby.

00:52:19.221 --> 00:52:21.181
Well, it's about time.

00:52:21.264 --> 00:52:23.809
You know, I don't want to get
distracted doing a bunch of press, though.

00:52:23.892 --> 00:52:25.727
No, this is not
ordinary press, Bobby.

00:52:25.811 --> 00:52:27.896
I know, I know, I know.
I'll do the big ones.

00:52:27.979 --> 00:52:29.481
That's great.
That is great. Only...

00:52:29.564 --> 00:52:31.149
Hey, I'm starved.
Let's get some food.

00:52:31.233 --> 00:52:32.359
When we do these shows...

00:52:32.484 --> 00:52:34.486
Yeah... just go easy on
the bugging and the teeth.

00:52:34.569 --> 00:52:35.904
What are you
talking about?

00:52:36.238 --> 00:52:38.573
I'm just saying what's on my mind.
No, I know.

00:52:38.657 --> 00:52:40.033
I'm telling the truth.
I know. I know. I know.

00:52:40.158 --> 00:52:41.535
There's nothing wrong with what I'm saying.
I know.

00:52:41.660 --> 00:52:43.328
And people like that.
It's just, you need to be careful.

00:52:43.411 --> 00:52:45.163
Some things you say,
they can be misinterpreted.

00:52:45.247 --> 00:52:47.165
People get worried
when you talk like that.

00:52:47.249 --> 00:52:48.750
What are you saying?
"People get worried."

00:52:48.834 --> 00:52:50.168
Who? What people?
No one. No one.

00:52:50.252 --> 00:52:51.711
You're talking
about yourself.

00:52:51.795 --> 00:52:53.421
Which of these interviews
do you want to do?

00:52:53.505 --> 00:52:56.299
Now, wait a second.
What did you mean, "People begin to worry"?

00:52:56.424 --> 00:52:58.009
What are you talking about?
Doesn't matter.

00:52:58.093 --> 00:52:59.219
I think Cavett
is a great idea.

00:52:59.302 --> 00:53:00.846
Hey, what...
Why do you keep changing the subject?

00:53:00.929 --> 00:53:02.097
I'm not changing...
I'm asking you a question.

00:53:02.138 --> 00:53:04.018
You said people get worried.
What people?

00:53:07.727 --> 00:53:09.437
Uh... Joan.

00:53:09.521 --> 00:53:11.921
Joan? My sister?
How would you know that?
Did you talk to her?

00:53:11.982 --> 00:53:13.608
I was in New York.

00:53:15.277 --> 00:53:16.444
We, um...

00:53:17.445 --> 00:53:18.530
We had a cup
of coffee.

00:53:18.613 --> 00:53:20.699
You met with my sister?
Without telling me?

00:53:20.782 --> 00:53:22.117
What... Why would you
do that?

00:53:22.158 --> 00:53:24.278
She called me, Bobby.
What were you guys talking about?

00:53:24.327 --> 00:53:25.912
Were you talking about me?

00:53:25.996 --> 00:53:27.831
I was looking out
for your interests.

00:53:29.457 --> 00:53:31.177
That's my job.
Hey, don't "lawyer" me, Paul.

00:53:31.251 --> 00:53:32.611
I'm not trying to.
Don't lawyer me.

00:53:32.669 --> 00:53:34.921
You're talking with my family
behind my back.

00:53:35.005 --> 00:53:36.631
Did I ask you to do that?

00:53:37.132 --> 00:53:38.758
What were you doing?
You spying on me?

00:53:38.884 --> 00:53:40.385
I was trying to help you, Bobby.
I don't understand

00:53:40.468 --> 00:53:42.512
why you thought
that was a good idea.

00:53:42.596 --> 00:53:43.930
There are a hundred
more of you, you know.

00:53:44.014 --> 00:53:46.808
Just right behind you,
waiting in line to be here.

00:53:51.980 --> 00:53:53.815
Hey, pull over.
Um...

00:53:54.024 --> 00:53:55.984
Stop the car.
Wait a minute.
Bobby, Bobby.

00:53:56.067 --> 00:53:57.987
We're about to get everything
you've ever wanted.

00:53:58.028 --> 00:53:59.029
Stop the car!

00:53:59.112 --> 00:54:01.323
Pull over!
Stop the car now!

00:54:15.545 --> 00:54:17.005
Bishop, bishop six.

00:54:18.673 --> 00:54:19.674
Uh...

00:54:19.883 --> 00:54:21.051
King to queen four.

00:54:22.552 --> 00:54:23.678
Rook, rook five.

00:54:25.847 --> 00:54:27.015
Pawn to king five.

00:54:42.781 --> 00:54:43.823
So?

00:54:48.536 --> 00:54:49.829
He's back in his room.

00:54:50.330 --> 00:54:51.331
Is he okay?

00:54:51.831 --> 00:54:54.042
He's in there listening
to those tapes of his.

00:54:58.922 --> 00:55:01.716
Isn't that some kind
of God Squad?

00:55:03.051 --> 00:55:05.261
Those people know
as much about God as you do.

00:55:06.429 --> 00:55:08.098
I'd have thought
you'd approve.

00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:15.563
Should we try to get him to see someone?
A psychiatrist?

00:55:15.897 --> 00:55:17.148
Never gonna happen.

00:55:18.441 --> 00:55:21.277
Concierge told me he asked to have the TV
removed from his room

00:55:21.403 --> 00:55:24.003
'cause he thinks the Russians
are watching him through the screen.

00:55:24.531 --> 00:55:26.199
Maybe they are.

00:55:28.576 --> 00:55:32.414
He also believes they're gonna try
to blow up his plane.

00:55:35.709 --> 00:55:37.585
What good would a doctor do?

00:55:37.794 --> 00:55:39.087
Give him a diagnosis.

00:55:41.840 --> 00:55:42.841
Give him a pill.

00:55:42.924 --> 00:55:46.469
That would be like pouring
concrete down a holy well.

00:55:51.641 --> 00:55:53.727
<i>Bobby Fischer,
the United States Chess Champion,</i>

00:55:53.810 --> 00:55:57.731
<i>has challenged World Champion
Boris Spassky in a 24-game series.</i>

00:55:57.814 --> 00:56:00.066
...playing Boris Spassky.
Are you afraid?

00:56:00.150 --> 00:56:02.110
I'm not afraid of him.
He's afraid of me.

00:56:02.235 --> 00:56:05.030
Last time we played,
a couple of people said they saw him trembling.

00:56:06.239 --> 00:56:08.033
<i>Fischer, the first
American in history</i>

00:56:08.116 --> 00:56:10.326
<i>to reach the finals
of the World Championship,</i>

00:56:10.785 --> 00:56:13.830
<i>is the latest arrival
in our growing culture of celebrity.</i>

00:56:14.289 --> 00:56:15.957
<i>But who would have
thought that a chess player</i>

00:56:16.041 --> 00:56:18.126
<i>could suddenly become
a rock star?</i>

00:56:19.294 --> 00:56:22.172
<i>My next guest is prepared
to take on the Russians single-handed.</i>

00:56:22.297 --> 00:56:23.548
<i>And he may win.</i>

00:56:23.923 --> 00:56:26.801
<i>Will you welcome a bright boy from Brooklyn,
Mr. Bobby Fischer.</i>

00:56:29.804 --> 00:56:30.930
All right.

00:56:31.014 --> 00:56:32.724
Do you honestly think
that you probably

00:56:32.807 --> 00:56:34.434
are the world's
greatest chess player?

00:56:34.517 --> 00:56:35.769
Yeah. Yeah. Right.

00:56:37.687 --> 00:56:38.855
You know what
<i>LIFE</i> magazine said?

00:56:38.980 --> 00:56:41.483
"Bobby Fischer is single-handedly
changing the face of chess,

00:56:41.608 --> 00:56:43.109
"making it
the fastest-growing sport."

00:56:43.193 --> 00:56:44.736
<i>And what's the moment
of pleasure for you?</i>

00:56:44.819 --> 00:56:46.696
Is it when you see
the guy in trouble?

00:56:46.780 --> 00:56:48.156
What is the
greatest pleasure?

00:56:48.281 --> 00:56:50.825
What would correspond
to hitting the home run in baseball?

00:56:51.367 --> 00:56:52.494
Greatest pleasure?

00:56:53.703 --> 00:56:56.498
When you break his ego.
That's where it's at.

00:56:56.831 --> 00:56:58.333
<i>- Really?
- Yeah.</i>

00:56:59.793 --> 00:57:02.545
And when does that occur?
When he sees that he's finished?

00:57:02.837 --> 00:57:05.799
When he sees it coming.
And breaks all up inside.

00:57:07.509 --> 00:57:11.012
<i>Their goal is nothing short
of world domination.</i>

00:57:11.513 --> 00:57:15.266
<i>And unless they are stopped,
that goal will soon be within their grasp.</i>

00:57:15.975 --> 00:57:17.811
<i>Look at the godless
Soviet Union</i>

00:57:17.894 --> 00:57:20.814
<i>and their relentless march
across Eastern Europe.</i>

00:57:21.231 --> 00:57:23.024
<i>Look at the illegitimate
state of Israel,</i>

00:57:23.566 --> 00:57:27.779
<i>whose expansionist ambitions
have usurped Palestine from its true heirs</i>

00:57:27.862 --> 00:57:29.948
<i>in the kingdom of Judah.</i>

00:57:30.031 --> 00:57:33.451
<i>Indeed, the people of Israel
are not even the real Jews.</i>

00:57:33.535 --> 00:57:34.953
<i>That tribe was taken captive</i>

00:57:35.036 --> 00:57:38.540
<i>by King Nebuchadrezzar
of Babylon in 600 B.C...</i>

00:57:56.057 --> 00:57:57.767
Bobby, turn the music down.

00:57:57.892 --> 00:58:00.186
He doesn't want the Russians
to know what plane we're taking.

00:58:00.270 --> 00:58:03.148
And I want the food
to travel with us on the plane, Paul.

00:58:03.231 --> 00:58:04.315
You got it, Bobby.

00:58:04.399 --> 00:58:05.400
We have some issues.

00:58:05.483 --> 00:58:08.153
Yeah, well, the plane leaves in two hours.
With the traffic...

00:58:08.236 --> 00:58:10.655
And make sure there's enough oranges.
Check.

00:58:10.738 --> 00:58:12.907
There's never enough oranges.
Uh-huh.

00:58:13.408 --> 00:58:16.452
He wants all the food flown in and
prepared in front of him.

00:58:16.536 --> 00:58:17.537
Okay.

00:58:18.037 --> 00:58:22.917
He also wants $46,875
in his bank account before he plays.

00:58:23.251 --> 00:58:24.752
He'll pick up
the rest when he wins.

00:58:24.836 --> 00:58:26.546
Well, that's not going
to happen.

00:58:26.629 --> 00:58:28.089
Yeah, otherwise
he's not going.

00:58:28.715 --> 00:58:30.842
Which is what
he wants anyway.

00:58:31.426 --> 00:58:33.469
Hey, what are you guys
whispering about in there?

00:58:33.553 --> 00:58:36.431
Just talking travel plans, Bobby.
Who's traveling?

00:58:39.100 --> 00:58:40.540
You're really serious
about all this?

00:58:41.269 --> 00:58:42.770
They gotta give me
what I want.

00:58:42.854 --> 00:58:44.439
Mmm-hmm.
And if they don't?

00:58:44.772 --> 00:58:46.733
Well, we can play in this hotel room.
I like it here.

00:58:46.816 --> 00:58:47.859
Let me get this straight,

00:58:47.942 --> 00:58:49.694
you're willing to throw all this away
for money and oranges?

00:58:49.777 --> 00:58:52.488
That's right.
I don't need to play.
I know I'm the best.

00:58:52.572 --> 00:58:53.615
I think you're scared.

00:58:55.450 --> 00:58:56.650
And I think
you're overwhelmed.

00:58:57.577 --> 00:58:59.913
What is that, like,
um, pop psychology?

00:59:03.625 --> 00:59:04.792
Yeah.

00:59:07.170 --> 00:59:08.410
You've got the passports,
right?

00:59:08.463 --> 00:59:09.923
You've got them?
Yeah.

00:59:10.006 --> 00:59:11.049
I want my passport.

00:59:12.300 --> 00:59:13.885
Look, you...

00:59:16.137 --> 00:59:17.722
We're not leaving
for a half an hour.

00:59:17.805 --> 00:59:21.559
Yeah. Yeah, maybe I'll take a later flight.
Or not. Okay.

00:59:22.644 --> 00:59:23.645
Okay.

00:59:25.396 --> 00:59:27.565
Well, that's kind of funny,
seeing a priest get mad.

00:59:27.649 --> 00:59:29.817
I'm getting
on the phone right now.

00:59:30.485 --> 00:59:32.403
I'm gonna make this work.

00:59:32.487 --> 00:59:33.863
I don't mind either way.

00:59:33.947 --> 00:59:35.490
I really got
nothing to prove.

01:00:10.108 --> 01:00:12.193
I'm not so sure
about the deal, Paul.

01:00:13.027 --> 01:00:14.904
Well, um,
what's the issue, Bobby?

01:00:14.988 --> 01:00:16.388
I don't know.
Something's not right.

01:00:26.541 --> 01:00:28.626
We settled too low.
I ought to get 30%.

01:00:28.710 --> 01:00:30.712
Bobby, we agreed on 25%.

01:00:30.795 --> 01:00:33.006
Well, it's 30% now.
We agreed.

01:00:33.339 --> 01:00:35.049
Well, I changed
my mind, Paul.

01:00:35.133 --> 01:00:38.386
I understand that. But, Bobby, you just
can't change your mind like that.

01:00:38.511 --> 01:00:39.791
We're here.
We're at the airport.

01:00:39.846 --> 01:00:40.972
What am I supposed
to do about it?

01:00:41.055 --> 01:00:42.140
I don't have to
get on the plane.

01:00:42.223 --> 01:00:43.641
I don't know what you're supposed
to do about it.

01:00:43.725 --> 01:00:44.976
You're not gonna
get on the plane? Now?

01:00:45.059 --> 01:00:46.227
There he is!
Bobby! Bobby!

01:00:46.311 --> 01:00:47.562
What is this, Paul?

01:00:47.645 --> 01:00:48.771
I told you,
no photographers!

01:00:48.855 --> 01:00:49.856
Move it!
Out of the way!

01:00:49.939 --> 01:00:50.982
All right, fine.

01:00:51.065 --> 01:00:52.233
Bobby! Bobby!

01:01:05.496 --> 01:01:07.248
Where to?
Just go! Drive!

01:01:14.839 --> 01:01:17.719
<i>Another bizarre turn today
in the World Chess Championships,</i>

01:01:17.759 --> 01:01:21.137
<i>when Bobby Fischer failed to
appear for the opening ceremonies.</i>

01:01:21.429 --> 01:01:24.682
<i>Meanwhile, Bobby's opponent,
Boris Spassky, arrived in Reykjavík today,</i>

01:01:24.766 --> 01:01:27.268
<i>to the excitement
of all of Iceland.</i>

01:01:27.560 --> 01:01:30.438
<i>FIDE adjudicator,
Wolfgang Schmidt, had this to say.</i>

01:01:30.938 --> 01:01:33.274
I am honored but confused.

01:01:33.399 --> 01:01:37.070
I was always led to believe
that chess needed two people for a game.

01:01:37.862 --> 01:01:39.947
Unfortunately,
our American friends

01:01:40.031 --> 01:01:42.658
have managed to lose
their famous Mr. Bobby Fischer.

01:01:43.034 --> 01:01:44.494
Ooh!

01:01:44.702 --> 01:01:47.372
One hopes they are
not so careless with their nuclear weapons.

01:01:48.915 --> 01:01:50.458
Mr. Tremblay,
is Bobby not showing

01:01:50.541 --> 01:01:52.043
affecting Iceland
relationships?

01:01:52.126 --> 01:01:54.796
Is it true he denied
$2 million to come to Reykjavík?

01:01:54.879 --> 01:01:56.714
I love chess.
The world loves chess.

01:01:56.798 --> 01:01:58.132
We are here
to celebrate chess.

01:01:58.216 --> 01:01:59.217
Excuse us, please.

01:01:59.300 --> 01:02:00.718
<i>Still no sign
of Bobby Fischer,</i>

01:02:00.802 --> 01:02:03.846
<i>the American chess player
who thinks he's the best in the world.</i>

01:02:03.930 --> 01:02:06.391
<i>Fischer today was supposed to be
in Reykjavik, Iceland</i>

01:02:06.474 --> 01:02:09.060
<i>to start playing
Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union</i>

01:02:09.143 --> 01:02:11.729
<i>in what promises to be
the Super Bowl of the chess world,</i>

01:02:11.813 --> 01:02:14.232
<i>if it ever comes off,
and that's a big if.</i>

01:02:14.315 --> 01:02:16.235
<i>Fischer is still
believed to be in New York City,</i>

01:02:16.317 --> 01:02:17.819
<i>where he was last
seen in public...</i>

01:02:17.902 --> 01:02:19.237
Mama?
Yeah, baby?

01:02:19.320 --> 01:02:20.905
There are men
on the lawn.

01:02:21.656 --> 01:02:23.574
<i>Today the International
Chess Federation said,</i>

01:02:23.658 --> 01:02:26.411
<i>"If Fischer is not
in Iceland by noon on Tuesday,</i>

01:02:26.494 --> 01:02:27.995
<i>"he will be disqualified."</i>

01:02:28.079 --> 01:02:30.039
<i>In other news, the White House
refused to comment</i>

01:02:30.123 --> 01:02:31.374
<i>on the recent break-in</i>

01:02:31.457 --> 01:02:34.669
<i>at the Watergate headquarters
of the Democratic National Committee.</i>

01:02:43.094 --> 01:02:44.804
Hello? Hello?

01:02:47.807 --> 01:02:49.016
Bobby, is that you?

01:02:50.852 --> 01:02:52.979
Yeah. I, uh...

01:02:53.479 --> 01:02:55.022
They promised me
no photographers,

01:02:55.148 --> 01:02:56.357
and a bunch of them
showed up,

01:02:56.441 --> 01:02:57.650
so I had to get out
of there.

01:02:57.859 --> 01:02:58.860
<i>Where are you?</i>

01:02:58.943 --> 01:03:00.862
I'm here, I'm at home.

01:03:01.320 --> 01:03:02.864
<i>So, I was going
to the airport,</i>

01:03:02.989 --> 01:03:04.532
<i>and they promised
no photographers,</i>

01:03:04.615 --> 01:03:06.935
and a bunch of them showed up,
so I had to get out of there.

01:03:06.993 --> 01:03:08.870
I had to show them, Joan.

01:03:09.454 --> 01:03:11.747
They told me
no photographers.

01:03:11.831 --> 01:03:13.291
They keep
doing this to me,

01:03:13.374 --> 01:03:15.209
everywhere I go,
all the time.

01:03:15.960 --> 01:03:18.129
People keep doing this to me.
<i>Yeah.</i>

01:03:18.212 --> 01:03:19.213
It's not fair.

01:03:20.339 --> 01:03:21.883
Hey, Bobby, are you okay?

01:03:22.175 --> 01:03:24.427
<i>Well, you know that
727 that went down?</i>

01:03:24.510 --> 01:03:26.804
You know, they said
the fuel tank exploded.

01:03:27.889 --> 01:03:30.892
Yeah, well, that seemed
kind of funny to me. Right?

01:03:30.975 --> 01:03:32.810
<i>You know, they don't
tell us everything.</i>

01:03:32.894 --> 01:03:35.104
Yeah, no, they don't,
that's true.

01:03:35.188 --> 01:03:39.317
<i>And the KGB, they kill people.
They do. That's real.</i>

01:03:39.400 --> 01:03:42.570
<i>They put poison on the tips
of their umbrellas... Crazy things.</i>

01:03:42.653 --> 01:03:44.197
<i>You understand?</i>
Yeah.

01:03:45.239 --> 01:03:48.493
Baby, you stay there, okay?
I'm going to come over.

01:03:48.576 --> 01:03:51.287
These people,
I wouldn't put anything past them.

01:03:51.871 --> 01:03:55.333
Who? Who people, Bobby?
<i>The Russians. You believe me.</i>

01:03:55.917 --> 01:03:58.377
They would like it if
I dropped dead tonight.

01:03:59.670 --> 01:04:01.088
You hear that?

01:04:02.256 --> 01:04:04.091
Oh, my God.
<i>What? Do I hear what?</i>

01:04:04.175 --> 01:04:05.551
Shh.

01:04:07.428 --> 01:04:09.013
I don't know.
There's a noise on the phone.

01:04:09.096 --> 01:04:10.181
Do you hear it?

01:04:10.264 --> 01:04:11.682
<i>No, I don't hear anything.</i>

01:04:13.935 --> 01:04:15.269
Bobby?

01:04:19.565 --> 01:04:23.611
We have a NATO base out there and
I asked for the Marines to guard me.

01:04:24.111 --> 01:04:26.864
They said no to me.
They said no, Joan!

01:04:26.948 --> 01:04:30.117
With all the prestige
I am bringing to this country.

01:04:30.201 --> 01:04:32.328
I'm the most
famous man in the world.

01:04:33.621 --> 01:04:34.622
Do you hear that?

01:04:35.748 --> 01:04:39.961
<i>They put stuff in my food
to mess with my mind, you know?</i>

01:04:40.545 --> 01:04:41.712
I don't know.

01:04:41.796 --> 01:04:43.881
<i>Bobby, you stay there.
I'm gonna come over.</i>

01:04:44.131 --> 01:04:47.134
No, no, no.
Listen... Joan, listen to me.

01:04:48.135 --> 01:04:49.845
I'm trying to
tell you something.

01:04:50.930 --> 01:04:53.516
I keep...
I keep thinking about this.

01:04:54.559 --> 01:04:57.436
<i>Just going over it
and over it and over it in my mind.</i>

01:04:58.145 --> 01:05:01.148
I can't figure out
what's next, Joan.

01:05:02.984 --> 01:05:04.610
Do you know what I mean?
<i>Yeah.</i>

01:05:04.652 --> 01:05:07.697
Do you understand?
<i>Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I understand, baby, yeah.</i>

01:05:11.659 --> 01:05:12.702
Bobby...
Shh!

01:05:13.160 --> 01:05:16.998
<i>Joan. God damn it,
do you hear that?</i>

01:05:23.254 --> 01:05:24.672
There's a noise.

01:05:26.591 --> 01:05:27.592
Joan.

01:05:31.846 --> 01:05:33.931
I gotta get off the phone.
Bobby, you...

01:05:47.069 --> 01:05:48.070
Uh...

01:05:48.279 --> 01:05:49.363
Who's there?

01:05:49.488 --> 01:05:50.823
Hey, pal,
you in there?

01:05:53.117 --> 01:05:55.494
Hey, can I come in?
Got big news.

01:05:55.828 --> 01:05:56.828
Yeah, what's that?

01:05:56.871 --> 01:06:00.416
You wanted more money?
I just got you an extra 130K.

01:06:00.791 --> 01:06:04.211
Some English chess nut
wants to see you play so bad.

01:06:05.796 --> 01:06:07.131
Is the money real?

01:06:07.214 --> 01:06:09.592
It's real.
It's good. It's secure.

01:06:10.343 --> 01:06:12.845
May I use your phone?
Let folks know you're okay?

01:06:16.140 --> 01:06:18.017
Hey, who's that?
That's, uh, security.

01:06:18.100 --> 01:06:19.352
They've fixed it
for us at the airport.

01:06:19.435 --> 01:06:21.771
We can go straight
to the plane. No press.

01:06:25.232 --> 01:06:28.402
Yes. Hello?
I found him.

01:06:30.321 --> 01:06:31.739
Henry Kissinger.

01:06:34.158 --> 01:06:35.451
Pretty amazing, huh?

01:06:39.205 --> 01:06:40.247
Hello?

01:06:40.331 --> 01:06:41.832
<i>Dr. Kissinger's
on the line.</i>

01:06:43.209 --> 01:06:45.836
<i>Hello, this is
the worst chess player in the world</i>

01:06:45.920 --> 01:06:48.047
<i>calling the best
chess player in the world.</i>

01:06:49.173 --> 01:06:51.717
<i>We just want you to know,
the President and I,</i>

01:06:51.801 --> 01:06:53.481
<i>that we are thrilled
that you will be going</i>

01:06:53.552 --> 01:06:55.805
<i>to Iceland to play
for the U.S.A., Bobby.</i>

01:06:57.848 --> 01:06:59.684
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

01:07:00.643 --> 01:07:02.061
I decided to play.

01:07:05.648 --> 01:07:07.817
<i>This is
the BBC World Service.</i>

01:07:08.526 --> 01:07:10.945
<i>American chess
Grandmaster Bobby Fischer</i>

01:07:11.028 --> 01:07:13.489
<i>is believed to be
finally on his way to Iceland</i>

01:07:13.572 --> 01:07:15.282
<i>for his match
with Boris Spassky.</i>

01:07:25.376 --> 01:07:27.795
This is how we used to
get Jagger out of here.

01:07:27.878 --> 01:07:29.588
<i>After months
of negotiation,</i>

01:07:29.672 --> 01:07:33.008
<i>Fischer will now face
the current world champion, Boris Spassky.</i>

01:07:33.092 --> 01:07:34.510
What do you think
of Bobby?

01:07:34.593 --> 01:07:35.803
I don't know.

01:07:37.054 --> 01:07:39.390
At least there's one reason
to feel good about America.

01:07:39.473 --> 01:07:40.891
A bit impolite.

01:07:40.975 --> 01:07:43.102
Fischer is to chess
like Ali is to boxing.

01:07:43.185 --> 01:07:46.564
He's tedious, he's arrogant,
he's inconsiderate.

01:07:46.647 --> 01:07:49.607
<i>At long last, Bobby Fischer
arrived in Reykjavik today</i>

01:07:49.650 --> 01:07:52.361
<i>after months of speculation
that he wouldn't appear at all.</i>

01:07:52.445 --> 01:07:55.573
Yeah, well, the Russians have been
telling lies about me since I was a kid.

01:07:55.656 --> 01:07:57.158
How do you like
Iceland, Bobby?

01:07:57.241 --> 01:07:59.577
Iceland? Yeah, I'm, uh,
happy to be here.

01:07:59.660 --> 01:08:01.245
I feel like a Viking,
ready to conquer.

01:08:17.803 --> 01:08:21.307
Come on in.
Take a look around.
Yeah.

01:08:21.390 --> 01:08:22.391
There's good.

01:08:22.892 --> 01:08:24.560
It's five bedrooms.

01:08:26.395 --> 01:08:27.897
Place even has a sauna.

01:08:28.022 --> 01:08:30.274
All right. I'm gonna check out the rooms,
see which one I want.

01:08:30.357 --> 01:08:31.358
Go for it.

01:08:37.698 --> 01:08:38.699
Yeah?

01:08:42.870 --> 01:08:44.205
Ah.

01:08:44.413 --> 01:08:45.706
Hey, uh...

01:08:47.041 --> 01:08:48.125
What are you doing here?

01:08:53.547 --> 01:08:54.632
I took a little time.

01:08:56.217 --> 01:08:57.218
All right.

01:09:01.138 --> 01:09:04.016
You want to work?
Want to analyze some positions?

01:09:04.099 --> 01:09:05.309
Maybe later.

01:09:06.101 --> 01:09:07.394
What's wrong, you sick?

01:09:07.478 --> 01:09:08.938
I'm just taking a break.

01:09:11.273 --> 01:09:13.901
Okay. I'll check up
on you in a few hours.

01:09:15.152 --> 01:09:17.154
It's good to see you, Bobby.

01:09:18.697 --> 01:09:19.907
Yeah, sure.

01:09:24.620 --> 01:09:26.413
Couldn't stay away, huh?

01:09:27.748 --> 01:09:28.749
I get it.

01:09:29.416 --> 01:09:32.336
Yankees are playing in the series,
you want a seat in the dugout.

01:09:32.628 --> 01:09:34.088
Can I get one of these?

01:09:37.967 --> 01:09:41.303
Billion people around the world watching
two guys play chess.

01:09:42.888 --> 01:09:45.558
Nixon's put a TV
in the Oval Office.

01:09:45.641 --> 01:09:46.809
Oh, yeah?
Mmm.

01:09:46.892 --> 01:09:48.435
World War III
on a chess board.

01:09:52.106 --> 01:09:53.399
We lost China.

01:09:54.608 --> 01:09:56.068
We're losing Vietnam.

01:09:59.780 --> 01:10:01.240
We have to win this one.

01:10:18.299 --> 01:10:20.175
This is <i>ABC's</i>
<i>Wide World of Sports,</i>

01:10:20.259 --> 01:10:23.637
bringing you live coverage
of the World Championship of Chess.

01:10:23.971 --> 01:10:25.556
<i>Best of 24 games.</i>

01:10:25.639 --> 01:10:29.059
<i>Each win is worth a point,
each draw is half a point.</i>

01:10:29.393 --> 01:10:33.397
It's the chess version
of a 15-round heavyweight prize fight.

01:10:34.773 --> 01:10:38.068
And the noise from the crowd tells us
that Boris Spassky...

01:10:43.032 --> 01:10:46.243
...in what will surely be
a historic confrontation.

01:11:02.384 --> 01:11:03.719
Where is he?

01:11:43.092 --> 01:11:45.427
If the press could
please take their seats.

01:11:45.511 --> 01:11:48.639
We will now come together
for the drawing of the colors.

01:11:49.223 --> 01:11:50.223
Mr. Spassky?

01:11:50.265 --> 01:11:51.475
Mr. Fischer, choose.

01:11:56.021 --> 01:11:58.565
Mr. Fischer chose black.
Mr. Spassky will begin.

01:12:47.322 --> 01:12:49.158
So far, so good, yeah?

01:12:49.450 --> 01:12:52.119
Mmm. They're playing
a variation on a Nimzo.

01:12:52.411 --> 01:12:54.204
A draw would be fine
for our side.

01:13:12.806 --> 01:13:14.308
Is that bad?

01:13:14.391 --> 01:13:16.477
No, no.
It simplifies the game.

01:14:13.367 --> 01:14:15.702
The cameras are making too much noise.
It's distracting.

01:14:15.786 --> 01:14:16.829
I'll be back.

01:14:17.371 --> 01:14:18.455
From the cameras?

01:14:18.539 --> 01:14:20.659
Yeah, they're going like...

01:14:24.628 --> 01:14:25.754
Come here.

01:14:31.510 --> 01:14:33.554
Do you hear that?

01:14:33.679 --> 01:14:34.721
It's just a camera.

01:14:34.805 --> 01:14:36.056
Yeah. Well,
you've got to move it back.

01:14:36.140 --> 01:14:37.141
What?

01:14:37.224 --> 01:14:40.936
Move the camera back.
Move it back.
Move the camera back.

01:14:41.061 --> 01:14:43.272
You've got to get
the audience under control, too.

01:14:43.397 --> 01:14:45.399
What's wrong with the audience?
They're making too much noise

01:14:45.482 --> 01:14:47.109
and you're not doing anything about it.
That's your job.

01:14:47.192 --> 01:14:49.111
All right? Do your job.

01:14:50.070 --> 01:14:52.573
Mr. Spassky's made
his move. It's good.

01:15:01.123 --> 01:15:02.249
Yes, yes.

01:15:02.374 --> 01:15:05.919
Mr. Schmidt, he's trying
to upset my player.

01:15:06.003 --> 01:15:09.006
You see, the camera was making noise,
we just moved it back.

01:15:09.089 --> 01:15:10.632
He is upsetting
my player.

01:15:10.716 --> 01:15:13.010
Yes, it's fine.
If you could just take your seats, please.

01:15:13.093 --> 01:15:14.303
Thank you.

01:17:19.720 --> 01:17:21.722
You don't look well,
Robert James.

01:17:51.126 --> 01:17:54.254
First game goes to
Boris Spassky.

01:18:14.775 --> 01:18:18.320
Bobby! Bobby!
Hold on a second!

01:18:18.445 --> 01:18:20.864
- Don't yell at him.
- I'm not yelling at him. Bobby!

01:18:21.281 --> 01:18:22.282
Bobby.

01:18:23.450 --> 01:18:25.452
It's just one game.

01:18:25.535 --> 01:18:27.287
One point.
You'll take the next one.

01:18:28.038 --> 01:18:31.041
Twelve and a half points
is a long match.

01:18:33.502 --> 01:18:35.670
The reporters will
go after Spassky.

01:18:35.754 --> 01:18:37.130
We could slip out
another way.

01:18:39.466 --> 01:18:40.467
You all right?

01:18:41.676 --> 01:18:43.011
You hear that?

01:18:44.388 --> 01:18:45.722
It's quiet in here.

01:18:46.973 --> 01:18:49.017
Boris! Boris!

01:18:50.560 --> 01:18:51.853
How did you feel?

01:19:59.546 --> 01:20:01.006
How you doing, Bobby?

01:20:01.798 --> 01:20:03.008
I'm not going
to do it anymore.

01:20:03.091 --> 01:20:04.301
Do what?

01:20:04.384 --> 01:20:06.803
Play with all of these distractions.
It's like a circus.

01:20:07.929 --> 01:20:09.473
It's not what we agreed to.

01:20:10.390 --> 01:20:12.809
You know, they've been
doing this to me for years.

01:20:12.893 --> 01:20:15.187
Making me all these promises, and they all
turn out to be lies.

01:20:15.270 --> 01:20:17.397
They've been doing it to me
since I was a kid.

01:20:17.481 --> 01:20:20.692
You know, I would get stuck in Europe
with huge hotel room bills

01:20:20.775 --> 01:20:22.277
when I was 15 years old.

01:20:23.278 --> 01:20:25.238
The Federation
would raise money

01:20:25.322 --> 01:20:27.824
off of my back and
funnel it to Reshevsky.

01:20:28.408 --> 01:20:30.494
Another Jew, by the way.
I don't know what I ever did to them.

01:20:30.577 --> 01:20:32.897
And they're all out to screw me,
the Russians and the Jews.

01:20:33.413 --> 01:20:35.813
They got their dirty
little fingerprints all over everything.

01:20:36.833 --> 01:20:38.752
What are we talking about?
The Jews.

01:20:38.835 --> 01:20:39.836
Ah.

01:20:40.003 --> 01:20:41.338
Bobby, you made
a stupid mistake

01:20:41.421 --> 01:20:42.380
and you got your
ass handed to you.

01:20:42.464 --> 01:20:44.049
No. I am not going to
submit to their game...

01:20:44.132 --> 01:20:45.300
If you don't get
your head in the game...

01:20:45.383 --> 01:20:46.968
We are going to play my way,
with no audience...

01:20:47.093 --> 01:20:48.762
...you're not just going to lose.
...and no distractions!

01:20:48.845 --> 01:20:50.847
You're going to get humiliated in
front of billions of people.

01:20:50.931 --> 01:20:54.851
You guys brought me here under false pretenses,
and you're going to fix it!

01:20:56.645 --> 01:20:58.438
This is how I play!

01:21:06.154 --> 01:21:10.367
You know, his mistake
is that he didn't see this bishop.

01:21:12.160 --> 01:21:13.680
Unless the rest of
the games are played

01:21:13.745 --> 01:21:15.580
without an audience
and without cameras,

01:21:15.664 --> 01:21:17.082
he isn't going to show up.

01:21:20.502 --> 01:21:22.712
He won't continue unless the games
are played in the Ping-Pong room?

01:21:22.796 --> 01:21:24.881
That's the only place
that's quiet, he says.

01:21:24.965 --> 01:21:26.550
He also wants
a different board.

01:21:26.633 --> 01:21:29.636
It makes too much noise
when he puts the pieces down.

01:21:29.719 --> 01:21:31.471
He prefers wood.

01:21:32.305 --> 01:21:34.724
It's like Morphy,
it's destroying his brain.

01:21:34.975 --> 01:21:36.601
No, chess isn't
destroying him.

01:21:36.685 --> 01:21:38.845
Why all the demands?
It's like he wants them to say no.

01:21:39.813 --> 01:21:41.973
I think he's afraid of
what's gonna happen if he loses.

01:21:42.315 --> 01:21:44.901
No. He's afraid of what's going to
happen if he wins.

01:21:56.746 --> 01:21:59.874
If the press...
If the press could please take their seats.

01:22:00.667 --> 01:22:03.420
The match was scheduled
to begin at 5:00.

01:22:04.296 --> 01:22:05.797
We will now
start the clock.

01:22:37.120 --> 01:22:38.705
Mr. Fischer failed to show.

01:22:39.205 --> 01:22:41.791
Mr. Spassky
wins by forfeit.

01:22:42.751 --> 01:22:44.836
According to
Federation rules,

01:22:45.211 --> 01:22:48.632
Mr. Fischer has 24 hours
to indicate in writing

01:22:48.715 --> 01:22:50.133
that he wishes to continue,

01:22:50.216 --> 01:22:53.386
otherwise Mr. Spassky
will be declared world champion.

01:22:55.388 --> 01:22:58.224
<i>The match between
Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer</i>

01:22:58.308 --> 01:23:00.977
<i>has taken a decidedly
disappointing turn.</i>

01:23:01.353 --> 01:23:03.229
<i>- News in Reykjavik,
- Iceland today,</i>

01:23:03.396 --> 01:23:05.231
<i>Bobby Fischer
failed to show up...</i>

01:23:05.315 --> 01:23:07.596
<i>...the match is Spassky's,
regardless of what happens now.</i>

01:23:07.651 --> 01:23:10.278
<i>A two-point advantage is considered
practically insurmountable.</i>

01:23:14.699 --> 01:23:17.869
<i>Unpredictable
Bobby Fischer stayed in bed today</i>

01:23:17.952 --> 01:23:19.704
<i>rather than show up
for Game Two</i>

01:23:19.788 --> 01:23:22.666
<i>in his world title match
with chess champion Boris Spassky.</i>

01:23:22.999 --> 01:23:25.460
<i>The future of the match
now is clouded in doubt,</i>

01:23:25.543 --> 01:23:28.088
<i>although Game Three
is still scheduled for Sunday.</i>

01:24:13.091 --> 01:24:14.300
Bobby?

01:24:14.843 --> 01:24:17.262
I have messages
from people all over the world

01:24:17.345 --> 01:24:19.347
who want you
to open this door.

01:24:23.476 --> 01:24:25.019
Bobby?

01:24:48.752 --> 01:24:52.338
The President of
the United States called three times.

01:24:52.714 --> 01:24:53.882
Three.

01:24:54.966 --> 01:24:58.011
Ah, well. He's been
trying to reach you.

01:24:59.971 --> 01:25:01.181
In Moscow,

01:25:02.515 --> 01:25:08.688
Brezhnev opened
his only bottle of 1868 Louis Roederer.

01:25:09.105 --> 01:25:11.941
Left over from the Revolution.
You know why?

01:25:12.567 --> 01:25:15.779
Because he heard you quit.

01:25:18.364 --> 01:25:21.826
There are boys your age in Vietnam
giving their lives right now

01:25:21.910 --> 01:25:23.328
in the fight
against Communism,

01:25:23.411 --> 01:25:26.498
and all you have to do
is play a game of chess.

01:25:36.966 --> 01:25:41.387
Bobby. I've been arguing
on your behalf all night long.

01:25:43.932 --> 01:25:46.476
I've been
threatening them for you.

01:25:46.559 --> 01:25:50.730
I have cajoled, I have begged them,
now I'm begging you.

01:25:50.980 --> 01:25:54.692
Please, please, please.

01:25:55.652 --> 01:25:57.487
Go back in there and play.

01:26:00.740 --> 01:26:01.940
You're one of them,
aren't you?

01:26:02.909 --> 01:26:04.786
What?
Who got to you?

01:26:06.079 --> 01:26:08.373
KGB? CIA?

01:26:08.456 --> 01:26:09.749
Are you serious?

01:26:15.922 --> 01:26:17.590
<i>This is BBC News.</i>

01:26:18.341 --> 01:26:21.511
<i>The World Chess Championship
looks to be ending in humiliation</i>

01:26:21.845 --> 01:26:23.721
<i>for the American,
Bobby Fischer,</i>

01:26:23.805 --> 01:26:26.057
<i>whose demands that the game
be held in a rec room</i>

01:26:26.182 --> 01:26:28.434
<i>have led
to widespread ridicule.</i>

01:29:32.910 --> 01:29:34.203
Stop here.

01:29:35.246 --> 01:29:36.330
Thank you.

01:29:38.583 --> 01:29:39.625
You won't believe it.

01:29:39.959 --> 01:29:42.045
Spassky's agreed to play
in the Ping-Pong room.

01:29:43.963 --> 01:29:45.173
Yeah. Right.

01:29:46.132 --> 01:29:47.842
Wait,
where are you going?

01:29:50.053 --> 01:29:54.140
Only one camera.
It does not move.
It makes no sound.

01:29:58.644 --> 01:29:59.812
Good?

01:30:01.981 --> 01:30:03.608
Good day, thank you.

01:30:04.317 --> 01:30:05.318
<i>Spasibo.</i>

01:30:07.779 --> 01:30:09.947
So, please, gentlemen.

01:30:10.490 --> 01:30:13.493
If we can remember,
the world is watching.

01:30:21.834 --> 01:30:23.211
Did Nixon really call you?

01:30:23.294 --> 01:30:24.629
Game's starting.

01:31:14.011 --> 01:31:15.555
What's he doing?

01:31:16.514 --> 01:31:17.515
I don't know.

01:31:27.233 --> 01:31:28.901
He's playing the Benoni.
Black, two games down.

01:31:28.985 --> 01:31:30.528
He thinks it's suicide.

01:31:30.736 --> 01:31:31.821
Is it suicide?

01:31:31.946 --> 01:31:33.030
Yeah.

01:32:27.376 --> 01:32:28.878
What's happening?
He's exposing his king.

01:32:28.961 --> 01:32:30.296
He's going to end up with
doubled-up pawns here.

01:32:30.588 --> 01:32:32.468
And yet he wants him
to take it with the bishop.

01:33:12.838 --> 01:33:14.799
Yeah, shit.

01:33:53.879 --> 01:33:55.464
Oh, my God.

01:34:03.431 --> 01:34:04.807
He's threatening mate
in one.

01:34:04.932 --> 01:34:06.892
He's going to force
the exchange of these knights.

01:34:10.813 --> 01:34:11.981
He hates draws.

01:34:15.067 --> 01:34:16.110
He takes him.

01:34:27.538 --> 01:34:28.706
Check.

01:35:18.589 --> 01:35:20.800
<i>Bobby Fischer beat
Boris Spassky today</i>

01:35:20.925 --> 01:35:22.885
<i>in the third game of
the World Chess Championship.</i>

01:35:22.968 --> 01:35:25.805
<i>Bobby Fischer won his first game ever
from Russian Boris Spassky.</i>

01:35:25.930 --> 01:35:26.889
<i>His Russian opponent,
Boris Spassky,</i>

01:35:26.972 --> 01:35:29.475
<i>resigned today's game
on the 42nd move.</i>

01:35:30.559 --> 01:35:33.312
<i>Fischer mania is taking
the country by storm,</i>

01:35:33.396 --> 01:35:36.607
<i>as news of Bobby Fischer's
first victory over Boris Spassky</i>

01:35:36.690 --> 01:35:38.651
<i>has captured
the public's imagination.</i>

01:35:41.070 --> 01:35:43.697
Bobby, I love you so much.
I know you're going to do amazing.

01:35:43.781 --> 01:35:45.741
And win it for U.S.A.!

01:35:45.825 --> 01:35:46.951
Go U.S.A.!

01:35:48.202 --> 01:35:49.829
Bobby! Bobby!

01:35:50.538 --> 01:35:52.540
<i>A chess craze
is sweeping the nation.</i>

01:35:52.623 --> 01:35:54.083
<i>You can find it being played</i>

01:35:54.166 --> 01:35:56.419
<i>in every living room,
park and classroom.</i>

01:35:57.628 --> 01:35:59.130
<i>And the young man
from Brooklyn,</i>

01:35:59.213 --> 01:36:01.006
<i>little known until
about a month ago,</i>

01:36:01.090 --> 01:36:04.176
<i>is quickly becoming
the most famous celebrity in the world.</i>

01:36:05.928 --> 01:36:07.848
<i>This is really amazing, Jim.</i>

01:36:08.139 --> 01:36:09.932
<i>You can't imagine
the tension involved</i>

01:36:10.015 --> 01:36:11.725
<i>in a head-to-head match
like this.</i>

01:36:14.270 --> 01:36:15.271
Excuse me?

01:36:15.354 --> 01:36:16.605
Spassky took
Bobby's bishop.

01:36:17.273 --> 01:36:19.233
Yeah, well,
I took his virginity.

01:36:19.525 --> 01:36:21.152
Oh, wait, wait.
Bobby's making a move.

01:36:22.194 --> 01:36:24.321
Excuse me?
They drew Game Four last night, you know?

01:36:24.613 --> 01:36:26.533
Yeah, we know, asshole,
we're watching the rerun.

01:38:16.225 --> 01:38:19.520
Game Five goes
to Mr. Bobby Fischer.

01:38:44.795 --> 01:38:45.963
Mr. Spassky.

01:38:46.880 --> 01:38:49.258
An electrical engineer
examined the light fixture

01:38:49.341 --> 01:38:51.844
and made
an astounding discovery.

01:38:52.344 --> 01:38:55.014
Inside, he found this.

01:38:55.556 --> 01:38:56.682
Two dead flies.

01:39:03.188 --> 01:39:06.817
<i>Bobby Fischer's comeback in this match.
That's historic in chess.</i>

01:39:07.026 --> 01:39:08.777
<i>Certainly, Jim.
And at this stage,</i>

01:39:08.861 --> 01:39:10.779
<i>it looks as though
whoever wins this game</i>

01:39:10.863 --> 01:39:12.990
<i>will most likely go on
to take the entire match.</i>

01:39:13.073 --> 01:39:15.784
<i>This one game, Game Six,
will determine the outcome?</i>

01:39:15.868 --> 01:39:16.869
I certainly think so.

01:39:17.202 --> 01:39:19.455
<i>Well, now we'll just
have to see what happens.</i>

01:39:19.538 --> 01:39:22.041
<i>Fischer has agreed to return
to play in the Main Hall.</i>

01:39:24.209 --> 01:39:26.712
Press can step back,
please. Thank you.

01:40:22.184 --> 01:40:23.310
What's he doing?

01:40:23.936 --> 01:40:26.188
<i>We all can't quite
believe it up here, Jim,</i>

01:40:26.271 --> 01:40:28.440
<i>but in this,
the pivotal game of the match,</i>

01:40:28.774 --> 01:40:31.860
<i>Fischer has abandoned
his trademark Sicilian opening.</i>

01:40:32.111 --> 01:40:36.198
<i>All of Spassky's careful preparation
is suddenly out the window.</i>

01:40:56.969 --> 01:40:59.680
<i>Grandmasters are shaking
their heads in confusion.</i>

01:40:59.763 --> 01:41:02.349
<i>Fischer's moves
are unprecedented in chess history.</i>

01:41:02.725 --> 01:41:06.145
<i>No one seems to be
able to decipher what he's doing.</i>

01:42:53.126 --> 01:42:54.294
Bravo.

01:43:09.810 --> 01:43:12.855
<i>Grandmasters never applaud
an opponent's victory,</i>

01:43:13.105 --> 01:43:16.149
<i>but I guess this is something
no one has ever seen before.</i>

01:44:24.509 --> 01:44:26.219
Bobby?
Can I get you anything?

01:44:27.387 --> 01:44:28.555
No, thanks.

01:44:30.515 --> 01:44:32.184
It'll be light soon.

01:44:32.726 --> 01:44:34.519
Yeah, it's never
really dark here.

01:44:49.993 --> 01:44:50.994
Bobby.

01:44:54.373 --> 01:44:56.792
The chess you've been playing
is really inspired.

01:45:07.260 --> 01:45:10.597
It's almost all
theory and memorization.

01:45:12.391 --> 01:45:14.559
People think there are
all these options,

01:45:17.688 --> 01:45:19.564
but there's usually
one right move.

01:45:21.066 --> 01:45:23.735
Of course, in the end,
there's no place to go.

01:47:30.695 --> 01:47:33.865
<i>The United States
is based on lies, it's based on theft.</i>

01:47:33.949 --> 01:47:35.269
<i>Look at all I've
done for the U.S.</i>

01:47:35.325 --> 01:47:37.577
<i>But now I'm not
useful anymore, you see?</i>

01:47:37.661 --> 01:47:41.206
<i>The Cold War is over,
and now they want to put me in prison.</i>

01:47:43.625 --> 01:47:47.254
<i>I'm not sure,
but if I know the Jews and the U.S.,</i>

01:47:47.337 --> 01:47:50.715
<i>they may come at me
with some attack I don't expect.</i>

01:47:51.216 --> 01:47:54.803
<i>Life is like that when people are
living in a dream world.</i>

01:47:54.886 --> 01:47:56.805
<i>It's not really paradoxical.</i>

01:47:57.222 --> 01:48:00.725
<i>Chess is basically
a search for truth, right?</i>

01:48:01.226 --> 01:48:03.770
<i>So, I'm searching
for the truth.</i>

01:48:03.794 --> 01:48:14.794
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