Harry Benson Boris Spassky Iceland 1972 Bobby Fischer became the first American World Chess Champion in 1972 when he beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavik. He lost his title in 1975 for refusing to play ...

One of Harry Benson’s best-known photographs depicts ... Among the most unexpected images are those of chess champion Bobby Fischer, nuzzled by a horse in Iceland, and James Brown, who stopped ...