This day in sport: 02 September 1992

Fisher and Spassky chess replay.

Twenty years after their famous chess world championship match in Iceland, American Bobby Fischer and Russian Boris Spassky were reunited for a challenge match in (the former) Yugoslavia. The prize purse was US$5m with Fischer winning US$3.65m for his 17.5 to 12.5 victory.

This day in sport: 02 September 1992

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