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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky ... It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a remarkable comeback by winning the USSR Championship. Eight years later he defeated his compatriot Tigran Petrosian to take the world ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky ... It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a remarkable comeback by winning the USSR Championship. Eight years later he defeated his compatriot Tigran Petrosian to take the world ...
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Boris Spassky, chess champion who lost ‘Match of the Century,’ dies at 88
My years as champion were the worst years of my life.” Boris Vasiliyevich Spassky was born in Leningrad (later St. Petersburg) on Jan. 30, 1937. He was the second child of Russian parents ...
The Sun1mon
Boris Spassky dead at 88: Russian chess grandmaster who played in ‘match of the century’ dies
FORMER chess grandmaster Boris ... Spassky was a prodigious talen, becoming a grandmaster at just 18. Born in St. Petersburg, he later moved to France in 1976 - becoming a French citizen two years ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph1mon
Spassky: legendary loser of 'match of the century' dies at 88
Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky ... It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a remarkable comeback by winning the USSR Championship. Eight years later he defeated his compatriot Tigran ...
ESPN1mon
Former world chess champion Boris Spassky, 88, dies
MOSCOW -- Boris ... year-old chess genius from Brooklyn, New York, brought the U.S. its first world chess title. Fischer died in 2008. Former world champion Garry Kasparov wrote on X that Spassky ...
Yahoo1mon
Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion ... With the Cold War at its height and the Soviet Union having dominated the game for years, Spassky faced a must-win situation in his match ...
NBC New York1mon
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost 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.
NPR1mon
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion ... Iceland, the then-29-year-old chess genius from Brooklyn, New York, brought the U.S. its first world chess title.