11 July 1972 Posted on July 10, 2013 by Staff The World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and champion Boris Spassky starts. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half of the evil they say of others." J. Petit Senn — Click here for more from J. Petit Senn Related posts: 30 May 1972 26 December 1972 2 February 1972 17 June 1972 11 October 1972 16 December 1972 23 December 1972 2 February 1972 21 September 1993 11 July 2006