Pawn Sacrifice
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I read a bio on Fischer called Endgame and if had been a while, but it does seem like some changes were made to the cameras to make them quieter as a concession.
Hello everyone, recently I watched the movie "Pawn Sacrifice". The movie is based on the 1972 world chess championship match between American Bobby Fischer and Soviet player then World Champion Boris Spassky.
In the first game of the match, it was shown that Fischer could not tolerate the sound disturbances of the camera in the playing hall. He blundered and lost the game. In the 2nd game Fischer did not turn up and the Arbiter termed it as forfeit of the game. The point was awarded to Spassky. Now, Spassky agreed to play the third game in a small room backstage, out of sight of the spectators. Then Fischer wins the game 3 & 5 & the 4th game was drawn.
Anatoly Karpov speculates that this forfeited game(2nd game) was actually a masterstroke on Fischer's part, a move designed specifically to upset Spassky's equanimity.
Then in the 6th game suddenly Fischer agreed to play in the playing hall. He won the 6th game and went on to win the World Championship.
Now my question is what is the intention of Fischer to forfeit game 2? If he was really impacted by sound disturbances in the playing hall, why did he accept to play in the playing hall for the 6th game?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1972#Game_2:_Fischer_forfeits