Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for ...
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Top five male players with longest chess World No. 1 reign
Let's take a look at the top five male chess players who have spent the longest period as World No. 1. A Soviet Union/Russian ...
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Boris Spassky, the chess player who was a victim of Bobby Fischer but also much more
The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 ...
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 ...
Ex-chess world champion Boris Spassky dies: Revisiting his 'match of the century' with Bobby Fischer
Former chess world champion Boris Spassky passed away at the age of 88 on Thursday. We revisit his world championship match ...
Boris Spassky, endlessly witty and a free soul, was more than just Fischer’s victim or a Soviet Union foot soldier
There was beauty in his brutal cavalier playing style and the Russian just couldn't be hemmed in by the iron-fisted communist ...
Boris Spassky, former World Chess Champion and Bobby Fischer’s famous rival, passes away at 88
Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster best known for his historic 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer, has passed ...
Boris Spassky: The man who dared George Bush to put him and Bobby Fischer in same cell, ‘and give us a chess set’
Forever hyphenated with American Bobby Fischer, the genial Russian GM's most iconic moment came when he stood to applaud ...
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 ...
Boris Spassky, chess grandmaster who took on Bobby Fischer in the greatest match of the 20th century
Boris Spassky, who has died aged 88 was among the finest chess players of the 20th century, but found his reign at the summit ...
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
A televised 1972 match between Spassky and Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the "Match of the Century." ...