Instead, Bobby Fischer would play Boris Spassky again (who had, by now, dropped to around 100th in the world rankings). He refused to play Karpov, Korchnoi and Kasparov, however, claiming that FIDE had rigged their competitive play off to reach the result that they had. FIDE felt Fischer’s proposals had merit. In fact, he felt that their match had cheated the world of chess. Similar campaigns to obtain the national allegiance of top prospects are not uncommon in the Olympic…