Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost ‘Match of the Century,’ Dies at 88
When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention ...
Boris Spassky, Russian chess legend and world champion, dies at 88
He defended his World Chess champion title against American Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972 — which ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...
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Boris Spassky, chess champion who lost ‘Match of the Century,’ dies at 88
He was widely portrayed as a lone gunslinger boldly taking on the might of the Soviet chess machine, with Spassky representing the repressive Soviet empire. The reality could not have been further ...