Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer, Hampstead Theatre, review: a dumbed-down portrait of two chess titans

While biopics about brilliant minds are ten-a-penny in the cinema – think of The Theory of Everything, Hidden Figures or The Imitation Game – it’s striking how seldom we’re presented with portraits of genius in the theatre.

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RAVENS: SPASSKY vs. FISCHER - Hampstead Theatre

Review: Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer, at Hampstead Theatre

17th Olympiad, Havana, 1966. USA vs USSR. Fischer vs Spassky on board 1, Byrne vs Tal on board 2. : r/chess

Hampstead Theatre - Robert Emms (Bobby Fischer) & Ronan Raftery (Boris Spassky), Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer Rehearsals Photo by Manuel Harlan Book Tickets vs-fischer/

Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer, Hampstead Theatre review - it's game over for this Cold War chess drama

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Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer review – game of chess is a cold war thriller, Stage

Boris Spassky, left and Bobby Fischer analyze their match in Sveti Svefan on Sunday, Sept. 20, 1992. Fischer, attacking aggressively with the white pieces, defeated Spassky on Sunday to take a 5-2

RAVENS: SPASSKY vs. FISCHER - Hampstead Theatre

Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer, Hampstead Theatre review - it's game over for this Cold War chess drama

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