Soviet Chess Champion Boris Spassky Dies at 88
The Soviet-era former chess prodigy, who played in “one of the most iconic” games in history against American Bobby Fischer ...
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, 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 Mr. Spassky representing the repressive Soviet empire. The reality could not have been ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
didn't fit comfortably into the Soviet machine." Spassky emigrated to France in 1976. On its website, the chess federation called Spassky's match with Fischer "one of the most iconic" in the ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
didn’t fit comfortably into the Soviet machine.” Spassky emigrated to France in 1976. On its website, the chess federation called Spassky’s match with Fischer “one of the most iconic” in ...