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Page 1: Europe, The Cold War, and Chess Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance. Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states. NATO: U.S

Europe, The Cold War, and Chess

Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance.Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states.

NATO: U.S. Canada, and nine Western European countries.Formed a military alliance- North Atlantic Treaty Org.

Détente: relaxation of tensions

Page 2: Europe, The Cold War, and Chess Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance. Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states. NATO: U.S

MAD: mutually assured destruction

War by Proxy: when two powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.

Page 3: Europe, The Cold War, and Chess Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance. Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states. NATO: U.S

Cold War divides Europe for 40+ yearsEurope split into two armed campsNATOWarsaw Pact

Page 4: Europe, The Cold War, and Chess Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance. Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states. NATO: U.S

Nuclear perilBoth sides produce huge arsenals, including large stockpiles of nuclear wpnsEurope caught in the middleMAD“stalemate”

Page 5: Europe, The Cold War, and Chess Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance. Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states. NATO: U.S

War by proxyWe can’t fight, let’s each get our friends to fightKorean warVietnamAfghanistanEl Salvador

Page 6: Europe, The Cold War, and Chess Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance. Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states. NATO: U.S

ChessA model for political and military confrontationSoviets adopt chess as “mental gymnastics”

Page 7: Europe, The Cold War, and Chess Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance. Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states. NATO: U.S

Soviet communism and chess linkedInvest millions into developing a world class chess programProduce dozens of “grandmasters”

Page 8: Europe, The Cold War, and Chess Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance. Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states. NATO: U.S

East v. WestB. Spassky v. B. Fischer1972, “Match of the Century”Two meet in IcelandFischer wins, strikes a psychological blow against communism

Is this the beginning of the end?