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Had Spassky done this . . .. With the parking lot at the ferry docks full, there's a chance to work out the plays by world chess champion Boris Spassk(...)
Had Spassky done this . . .. With the parking lot at the ferry docks full, there's a chance to work out the plays by world chess champion Boris Spassk(...)

Had Spassky done this . . .. With the parking lot at the ferry docks full, there's a chance to work out the plays by world chess champion Boris Spassk(...)

Date6/28/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Had Spassky done this . . .. With the parking lot at the ferry docks full; there's a chance to work out the plays by world chess champion Boris Spassky and bobby Fischer; the U.S. contender; in Iceland. Ted Mate (left) and Brian Dunlop a student working on the lot for the summer; use the hood of a car to hold the board. Fischer leads Spassky 5 to 3.
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