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The [[Soviet Union]] subsidized chess and chess became a national pastime.<ref>[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/09/how-did-russians-get-so-good-at-chess.html Red Squares: Why are the Russians so good at chess?], Slate</ref> Many of the Soviet Union's leaders were avid chess players as they saw it being compatible with their revolutionary ideals as it is an inexpensive game that anyone can play.<ref>[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/09/how-did-russians-get-so-good-at-chess.html Red Squares: Why are the Russians so good at chess?], Slate</ref> Although many Western World atheists in favor of the [[homosexual agenda]], the Soviet Union imprisoned homosexuals (see: [[Atheism and the persecution of homosexuals#Soviet Union|Soviet Union and homosexuality]]).
The [[Soviet Union]] subsidized chess and chess became a national pastime.<ref>[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/09/how-did-russians-get-so-good-at-chess.html Red Squares: Why are the Russians so good at chess?], Slate</ref> Many of the Soviet Union's leaders were avid chess players as they saw it being compatible with their revolutionary ideals as it is an inexpensive game that anyone can play.<ref>[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/09/how-did-russians-get-so-good-at-chess.html Red Squares: Why are the Russians so good at chess?], Slate</ref> Although many Western World atheists in favor of the [[homosexual agenda]], the Soviet Union imprisoned homosexuals (see: [[Atheism and the persecution of homosexuals#Soviet Union|Soviet Union and homosexuality]]).
The Soviet Union engaged in cheating and collective efforts in order to win at chess, but ultimately they were defeated by the American chess player Bobby Fischer who many regard as the best chess player of all time.<ref>[https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/08/king-board-soviet-collusion-bobby-fischer/ King of the Board: The Soviet Collusion Against Bobby Fischer], ''Saturday Evening Post''</ref>
According to the ''Saturday Evening Post'':
{{Cquote|Two years earlier, Fischer had described his experience in the Curaçao Candidates’ tournament in a Sports Illustrated manifesto (“The Russians Have Fixed World Chess”), claiming a rudimentary grasp of Russian allowed him to sniff out their cheating: “They would openly analyze my game while I was still playing it. It is strictly against the rules for a player to discuss a game in progress, or even to speak with another player during a game — or, for that matter, with anyone.” Fischer also posed that the format of the tournament was problematic as it allowed the numerous Soviet players to collude in a series of draws and fixes, saving their energy for the finals. His suspicions were validated by several witnesses, including a Soviet grand master. One statement of Fischer’s from the article was proven false: his proclamation to never play in a World Chess Championship again.
In the World Chess Championship of 1972 — the final game of which was played 45 years ago to the day — Fischer defeated Boris Spassky and ended the 24-year-long Soviet holding of the title. The event was hugely publicized as a pitting of the West and the Communists during the Cold War, and the game of chess as a metaphor of strategy and domination didn’t hurt. The Reykavik faceoff was PBS’s highest-rated show at the time, and the whole experience even spawned a Broadway musical.<ref>[https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/08/king-board-soviet-collusion-bobby-fischer/ King of the Board: The Soviet Collusion Against Bobby Fischer], ''Saturday Evening Post''</ref>
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