Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer, Hampstead Theatre review - it's game over for this chess play by Marianka Swain

The Cold War 'Match of the Century' fails to translate into compelling drama We've had Chess the musical; now, here's Chess the play. Tom Morton-Smith, who has form wrestling recent history into dramatic form with the acclaimed Oppenheimer, turns his attention to the 1972 World Chess Championship in Reykjavík, in which American challenger Bobby Fischer battled the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky.

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