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 ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet Chess Champion Who Lost Famed Match to Bobby Fischer, Dies at 88
Help Register Login Login Hi, %{firstName}% Hi, %{firstName}% Games Car rental Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess ...
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Spassky: Legendary loser of ‘match of century’ dies
MOSCOW—Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match of the century at the height ...
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Russian chess legend Boris Spassky dies at 88
Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion, has died at the age of 88 in Moscow, Russian Chess Federation President Andrey Filatov told TASS. "A great personality has passed away. Generations of ...
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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Boris Spassky, Russian grandmaster and former chess world champion, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, who represented Russia and France in his illustrious chess career, died at the age of 88. Back in 1972, ...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam: World Champion Gukesh Ends Winless Campaign With Loss To Firouzja
The German winning the first leg over many of his fancied rivals is good news for the event's sponsors who started it keeping in mind the chess connoisseurs. It is no secret that FIDE, the world's ...
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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
Only one was not won by a Soviet or former-Soviet citizen – Bobby Fischer in 1972. Under the likes ... draws are worth nothing, the 1984 World Chess Championship began on September 10.