This thesis examines the portrayal of the first game of the 1972 world chess championship match between Boris Spassky and Robert James Fischer across different media. It argues for the importance of those media for preservation of the event as cultural heritage.

Lars Elleström’s transmedial theoretical framework is the basis for analyzing the media. It investigates the transfer of compound media characteristics from the source medium of the game to the different target media.

Qualitative analysis was carried out on the chosen media. They were the most prominent media that portrayed the first game, in both analog and digital form.

The analysis showed strong advantages and disadvantages of the different media. Results also marked the unique approach in this thesis compared to previous research on transmediality of media and heritage of sports.

The preservation of the first game of the 1972 match is carried out by an eco- system of media, each transferring information advantaged to the format of the medium.