1972 Vikan Magazine With Fischer Spassky Reykjavik Chess Match Cover

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A colorful 1972 time capsule from the Match of the Century! This Vikan magazine cover (7 September 1972) turns Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky into cartoon chess pieces in a witty Icelandic take on the famous Reykjavík showdown.

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1972 Vikan Fischer Spassky

Complete issue of the Icelandic weekly magazine Vikan, volume 34, number 36, dated 7 September 1972. The front cover features a color caricature by artist H.B. showing Bobby Fischer as a red chess piece (with raised hands) facing Boris Spassky as a white chess piece on a chessboard. The magazine covers the ongoing World Chess Championship match held in Reykjavík, Iceland.