East End Libraries Present: The Chess Match of the Century: Bobby Fisher vs. Boris Spassky with Ulysses Tapley

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History

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Adults
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Monday, October 19 at 5:30pm. In 1972, when Bobby Fisher challenged Boris Spassky, the Russian world chess champion, it generated headlines that competed with the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War. Join chess instructor Ulysses Tapley for a commentary about that historic game.

Presented through Rogers Memorial Library, the Southampton Historical Society and the East End Libraries.

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