:01:03
Plane after plane
waited on the runway
:01:07
while he napped
:01:08
or took walks
and ate sandwiches.
:01:13
Henry Kissinger called
:01:14
and asked him to go
for his country's honor.
:01:20
Soon after arriving,
:01:22
he offended the Icelanders
:01:23
by calling their country
inadequate
:01:25
because they had
no bowling alleys.
:01:29
He complained
about the TV cameras,
:01:32
about the lighting,
:01:33
about
the table and chairs,
:01:35
and the contrast of
the squares on the board.
:01:39
His hotel room, he said,
had too nice a view.
:01:43
None of this had anything
to do with chess, of course...
:01:47
or maybe it did.
:01:50
If he won,
:01:52
he'd be the first
American world champion in history.
:01:56
If he lost,
:01:57
he'd just be another
patzer from Brooklyn.
:02:02
On the 40th move
of the 21st game,
:02:06
he countered
Spassky's bishop to king-6
:02:09
with a pawn to rook-4.
:02:12
And it was all over.
:02:16
He came home
an American hero.
:02:19
He bragged to the world
he'd beat the Russians.
:02:23
He delivered.
:02:26
He can now command
the same money
:02:29
as heavyweight prizefighters.
:02:31
He was invited to dinner
by statesmen and kings.
:02:36
Then Bobby Fischer made the most
original, unexpected move of all.
:02:43
He disappeared.
:02:51
Where is he?
:02:53
Maybe he gave up.
:02:55
Shh.
:02:58
Do you see anything?