Bobby Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion.
AP FILE - Reigning chess world champion Boris Spassky, left, of Russia, and international grandmaster Bobby Fischer of the United States ... The 1972 World Chess Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland, ...
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 ...
In 1972, the Russian played the legendary ‘Match of the Century’ against American grandmaster Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik, Iceland — a chess battle that ended up becoming a proxy for the Cold War. The ...
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...
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 ...
Back in 1972, Spassky locked horns with Bobby Fischer in the "the match of the century" in Reykjavik, Iceland. Listen to Story Boris Spassky was the 10th world chess champion Spassky made his debut at ...
Q: How was Spassky’s record against Bobby Fischer before the 1972 World ... What happened in the 1972 World Chess Championship between Spassky and Fischer? A: The 1972 championship match in Reykjavik, ...
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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