This is the official outline for your biographical report for World Chess Championship contenders Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer.

Usually, a sidebar showing biographical information will be presented to readers in a form using “bullet points.” This allows readers to quickly see the information. In this case, the readers will be able to compare and contrast the information for each of the players.

This is the way you will set up your report. You will use two columns and present the information for each player side-by-side:

Boris Spassky	Bobby Fischer
· Born (what year) (fill in)	· Born (what year) (fill in)
· Born (where) (fill in)	· Born (where) (fill in)
· Started playing chess at age (fill in)	· Started playing chess at age(fill in)
· First major chess tournament won was (fill in)	· First major chess tournament won was (fill in)
· Player became Grand Master at age (fill in)	· Player became Grand Master at age (fill in)
· FIDE or USCF rating in 1972 was (fill in here)	· FIDE or USCF rating in 1972 was (fill in here)

For your report, please answer the following questions about each of the players:

1) What is the player’s birth date (month, day, year)?

2) Where was the player born (city, country)?

3) How old was the player when he started playing chess?

4) What was the first major chess tournament won by this player and what year?

5) At what age did the player become a Grand Master of chess?

6) What was this player’s rating (or ranking) by FIDE and/or USCF in 1972?