The Cuban crisis was ten years ago, the disarmament had started, but in July 1972 the Cold War of the Superpowers USA and Soviet Union flared up again. And that in a location with which nobody had expected: in Reykjavik. In an unadorned hall called Laugardalshöll. But above all: on a chess board. Boris Spasski and Bobby Fischer met for the “century match”. Two players, two systems. Now both are dead.