Boris Spassky, legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 “Match of the Century” against American Bobby Fischer, died Thursday ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ... Russia called his death a "great loss to the country," saying generations of chess ...

The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 after a life worthy of the movies ...

the Chess Federation of Russia said Thursday. The federation called his death a “great loss to the country”, saying generations of chess players had learned from his matches. One of the first to react ...

The RCF executive added that the federation is deeply disappointed by the incident involving chess player Umaiganat Osmanova MOSCOW, August 7. /TASS/. The Russian Chess Federation (RCF ...

"A great personality has passed away, generations of chess players have studied and are studying his games and his work. This is a great loss for the country," Russian Chess Federation President ...

Viswanathan Anand showed no mercy as he dismissed Magnus Carlsen’s name in a hurry while picking his favourite chess player ...

MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match ... was "one of the greatest players of all time," the group ...

the Chess Federation of Russia said Thursday. The federation called his death a "great loss to the country", saying generations of chess players had learned from his matches. For all latest news ...