Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champ who lost iconic match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
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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Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky (Bobby Fischer’s rival in Reykjavik) dead at 88
Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was the tenth World Chess Champion and held the title from 1969 to 1972, has died at the age of 88.
Former world chess champion Boris Spassky, 88, dies
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match, has died at the age of 88.
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Russian chess legend and former world champion Boris Spassky dies at 88
Spasskey was most known for losing 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer, despite winning the world title in 1969. He held the title until the match with Fischer.