Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for ...

Fifty years ago, the Cold War was transposed to a chessboard as Bobby Fischer of the United States ... the two finalists have always been Soviet). Iceland, as neutral country, hosts the match. Fischer ...

The Russian grandmaster signed a “rabidly antisemitic petition” in 2005, and shortly thereafter, sought to distance himself from it.

Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era ...

The passing away of Boris Spassky Ex-World Chess Champion closes the glorious chapter of chess history but also it bids adieu ...

Boris Spassky, the 10th world chess champion, has died at the age of 88, the Russian Chess Federation confirmed on Thursday.

His 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer is considered one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for the competition for Cold War supremacy.

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ... as the “Match of the Century.” When Fischer won the international chess crown in ...

Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they walked out of a meeting representatives of Bobby Fischer, Spassky's challenger from America. Credit: AP At the time of their famous match, the Soviet Union had ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby ... When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the then-29-year ...

Scott Applewhite) MOSCOW – Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby ... When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the ...

(Photo by Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images via Getty Images) MOSCOW – Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ...