My Great Predecessors is rereleased in paperback and hardcover, enhanced in every way, with high-quality print, modern fonts and an upgraded visual style. Part IV tells the story of legendary World Champion, Robert James Fischer (1972-1975). The American burst onto the international stage in the late 1950s, broke the Soviet chess hegemony, before finally defeating Spassky in Reykjavik in the "Match of the Century."inner of the ECF Book of the Year 2005.