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Soviet chess giant Boris Spassky dies

The Associated Press on MSN · 5h

Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

ESPN on MSN · 14h

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.

Boing Boing on MSN · 5h

RIP Boris Spassky: "one of the greatest chess players of the Soviet era and the world, but also a true gentleman"

Boris Spassky, the World Chess Champion who faced Bobby Fischer in the legendary "Match of the Century," died Thursday at age 88. Spassky was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), where he became a grandmaster at 18.

‘Cold War’ era USA-Russia chess battle returns, loser must take ‘polygraph' test

American GM Hans Niemann has accepted Russian GM Daniil Dubov’s challenge to prove his innocence in cheating scandal.

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D Gukesh's coach 'knows nothing about chess'; said 'youngsters don't have self-awareness' but mentored ‘world champ’

Paddy Upton worked as D Gukesh's mental conditioning coach for the World Chess Championship in Singapore last year.

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World No.1 Magnus Carlsen reveals the cheat code of being an unmatched Chess Player says, 'The difference between me and other kids is that...'

In the world of chess, Magnus Carlsen stands as a towering figure, often hailed as the greatest player in the history of the ...

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