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A small FB thread on why a Garde #chess clock from #Ruhla #GDR was used in the Fischer – Spassky match 1972 on #Iceland.
#BobbyFischer #ChessClock #ChessHistory #GamesHistory #HistoryOfGames #histodons @chess group #BorisSpassky #Schachgeschichte

Ingram Braun

Only a guess but maybe it was the favourite of the West German chief arbiter GM Lothar Schmid. Garde clocks were very popular in FRG chess clubs during that time and the trade between the two German...
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#chess #gameshistory #ChessHistory #Schachgeschichte #Iceland #GDR #historyofgames #BobbyFischer #BorisSpassky #histodons #Ruhla #ChessClock @chess group

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