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 ...
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 ...
The Russian grandmaster signed a “rabidly antisemitic petition” in 2005, and shortly thereafter, sought to distance himself from it.
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 ...
Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era ...
Boris Spassky, the 10th world chess champion, has died at the age of 88, the Russian Chess Federation confirmed on Thursday.
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 ...
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 ...
When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the then-29-year-old chess genius from Brooklyn, New York, brought the U.S. its first world chess title. Fischer, known to be ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...