Here's an excerpt from USATODAY's review of Bobby Fischer Goes To War:
David Edmonds and John Eidinow, authors of Wittgenstein's Poker, take the most-publicized chess match ever, one that has spawned countless books and articles, and make the event fresh and entertaining. What is thankfully missing from Bobby Fischer Goes to War is the deathly move-by-move analysis that would only interest hardcore chess players.William Hartston and Blogcritics have more.Drawing on new interviews and a voluminous FBI file on Fischer's mother, Regina, thought at one time to be a Soviet spy, the authors have penned a good old-fashioned psychological thriller replete with dramatic political overtones.
Lubomir Kavalek reveals some little-known history in his column in today's Washington Post. He talks about Karpov's visit to Washington before his shocking April 1992 upset loss to Nigel Short:
Karpov came to Washington during one training session I had with Short. At that time they did not know they would face each other in the Candidates. After dinner all three of us played blitz games. Karpov was unbeatable that evening. While I might have managed one or two draws against him, Short lost all games. But it was a Pyrrhic victory for Karpov. In his mind, Short was a big fish, a harmless patzer. And Karpov must have become even more overconfident after he won the first game in Linares and drew the third game being two pawns down. He let his guard down and the Englishman ran him over.The Post maintains an index to Kavalek's columns.
Pravda has a nice retrospective article on the 25th anniversary of the epic 1978 Karpov-Korchnoi match, said to be "[o]ne of the most dramatic matches in the history of chess." The "Battle of Bagio City" resulted in Anatoly Karpov defeating Viktor Korchnoy, cementing his claim to the World Championship he had won by default in 1975.