Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
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.
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed 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 ... as the “Match of the Century.” When Fischer won the international chess crown in ...
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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 reduced them to pawns in a wider drama. By Dylan Loeb McClain Boris ...
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Ex-chess world champion Boris Spassky dies: Revisiting his 'match of the century' with Bobby Fischer
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 ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champ who lost Cold War’s ‘Match of the Century,’ dies at 88
Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era ...
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Boris Spassky, maybe-Jewish chess champ who lost ‘match of the century’ to Fischer, dies at 88
The Russian grandmaster signed a “rabidly antisemitic petition” in 2005, and shortly thereafter, sought to distance himself from it.
Historic Chess champion Boris Spassky passes away
Boris Spassky, the 10th world chess champion, has died at the age of 88, the Russian Chess Federation confirmed on Thursday.
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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in 1972, which was emblematic of the ... But Spassky would keep his title for just three years. In 1972 in Iceland he played the ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer ... When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the then-29 ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in 1972 ... would keep his title for just three years. In 1972 in Iceland he played the match that would define his career ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
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 ...
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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Bobby Fischer, right, and Boris Spassky play their last game together in Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 31, 1972. / Credit: J. Walter Green / AP One of the first to react was Soviet grandmaster Anatoly ...