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A new Netflix documentary investigates the rise of America’s next chess star. The post Genius and Controversy: The Story of Hans Niemann appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Genius and Controversy: The Story of Hans Niemann A new Netflix documentary investigates the rise of America’s next chess star. (Photo by Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images) It’s been more than 50 years since an American was crowned the world champion of chess. The Chicago-born Bobby Fischer held the distinction between 1972 and 1975 after he defeated the Russian Boris Spassky in what is still called the “Match of the Century.” The championship, played in Reykjavík, Iceland, occurred at the height of the Cold War and served as a de facto intellectual battlefield between the two great powers. …Open