Watch: A breakdown of Game Six between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972

After Bobby Fischer won Game 6 in the final of the World Chess Championship in 1972, applause did not come from the crowd as one would expect, but from his opponent, Boris Spassky. It’s considered one of the most important passages of chess history.

Find out in this video some of the key passages that happened during the game, and how Bobby Fischer’s atypical opening shocked Spassky and meant that he was on the back foot from the start.

Matt Stanger explains the game that was visualised in 2014’s Pawn Sacrifice.

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