The Pawn Sacrifice movie starts with a scene where Bobby is about 5 years old and his commie mother is having one of her commie parties. Then she comes to Bobby and tells “You’re a good boy. Do you remember what mommie teaches - report any and all cars watching us”.
I have a slight problem with the movie in how they described Spassky. It shows the first game they played and that was in Florida. Young Fischer lost there and got himself a large bottle of whiskey that he drank in frustration. When he wakes up he is at a beach near Spassky hotel and sees Spassky going to swim with KGB thugs watching. He then lashes out saying “you don’t dare to come anywhere without these thugs” even though the KGB thugs are there to prevent Spassky from escaping the socialist paradise. I believe the movie should have made that aspect clearer. Plus it showed the Grand Master Iivo Nei as a retard thug, even though the man was there in Iceland because he had a great mind for chess. Thugs were plenty to have.
Oh, if that’s how they portrayed Spassky I may not bother to watch the movie. Spassky was quick to flee to France the instant the USSR fell, and by all accounts had a respectful relationship with Fischer ever since they first met. Spassky was also not particularly diligent about trying to punish Fischer’s actions during the 1972 match; I think he was disgusted at how the USSR attempted to sabotage Fischer, but knew he couldn’t do anything about it without losing his own life.
Fischer’s mother was, according to all non-Leftist accounts I’ve read, a horrible person.