Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 ...
BORIS SPASSKY: END OF A GREAT ERA
The passing away of Boris Spassky Ex-World Chess Champion closes the glorious chapter of chess history but also it bids adieu ...
Farewell to the best loser in sporting history
Boris Spassky’s chess duel with Bobby Fischer at the height of the Cold War captivated the world. The defeated Spassky was ...
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'I am privileged to have known Boris...' : Indian Stalwart Viswanathan Anand reminisces meeting Late Chess Legend Boris Spassky for the first time in Heartfelt Tr…
Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand penned an emotional tribute to Boris Spassky, the tenth world chess champion ...
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Boris Spassky, endlessly witty and a free soul, was more than just Fischer’s victim or a Soviet Union foot soldier
In the many obituaries for Boris Spassky that popped up after his demise last week, not many mentioned what the 10th world champion did to Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen on the top board of the clash ...
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CHESS CORNER: Spassky remembered for creativity
Former World Chess Champion Boris Spassky passed away last week at the age of 88 years. In the Match of the Century in 1972, ...
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Viswanathan Anand pens heartfelt tribute to the late Boris Spassky
Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand on Saturday penned a heartfelt tribute for Boris Spassky, the tenth world champion, who breathed his last on February 28 at the age of 88. “Yesterday, ...