SM>Could someone please elaborate on the circumstances surrounding Bobby
SM>Fischer's being stripped of the World Title back in the 1970's?
 CB> He refused to defend his title when he was challenged.  And as with most
There was alot more to it than that. I was reading in a Chess book that
 KGB documents opened recently showed that there was a definate strategy,
in trying to push him to forfiet his title in 1975 
 they targeted Fischers
Psycological weakeness, staying firm on points where he was least likely
to concede and they were prepared to argue and argue  
until negociations collapsed. He saved them the trouble.
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