Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...

STORY: Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, according to the International Chess Federation on ...

Boris Spassky, a Russian grandmaster who went against American Bobby Fischer in a 1972 chess game known as the “Match of the ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of ...

He defended his World Chess champion title against American Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972 — which ...

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director Emil Sutovsky told Reuters on Thursday.

However, the largest chess prize ever given to an individual was at the 1992 match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia. It was worth US$5,000,000 with the winner getting US$3.35 ...

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Bobby Fischer’s win over Soviet Boris Spassky amid the Cold War was seen as a symbol of American prowess in the intellectual arena. Today, Gukesh’s defeat of Ding heralds the emergence of a ...