FISCHER, Bobby.

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Signed score sheet from his 1970 Tournament of Peace match versus Dragoljub Minić. Fischer's score sheet for a winning game against Dragoljub Minić, a Yugoslavian champion. The moves are pencilled in Fischer's hand and signed at the end "Resigned, Fischer", indicating Minić's resignation. Minić signs his name below in blue ink. The match was round three of the 1970 Tournament of Peace, which Fischer dominated with a final score of 13/17 (10W, 1L, 6D).After Minić opened with e4, Fischer responded with the Sicilian and forced his opponent's resignation after 34 moves. It was Fischer's debut at the Tournament of Peace, which was in its second iteration. It ran from 12 April to 8 May 1970, beginning days after the legendary blitz tournament Fischer won at Herceg Novi. Exhausted from blitz but eager to compete in a classical tournament, Fischer carefully inspected the venue and agreed to play after 40 of his 41 conditions were met. The Tournament of Peace "belied its title and was one of the most trenchant chess contests of 1970." Fischer's performance saw him hailed "as now being second only to Spassky, perhaps even the greatest player in the world at that time" (Brady, pp. 165-6). He defeated Spassky two years later to become World Chess Champion.

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