Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, best known for his Cold War ... has since been chronicled in numerous books, documentaries and films. It also inspired Walter Tevis' novel "The Queen's ...

Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster who became a Cold War ... The original clash also inspired numerous books, ...

“Hardly ever the blue-eyed boy of the establishment, Boris Spassky found himself at the receiving ... like ability to adapt himself to any rival”. In his book Fischer vs. Spassky: The Chess Match of ...

Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster who learned to play as an orphan ... The iconic Cold War duel has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries and films. Most notably it inspired the ...

Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated at the height of ... The iconic Cold War duel has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries and films. Most notably it ...

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Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated at the height of ... The iconic Cold War duel has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries and films. Most notably, it ...

It was when Fischer and Spassky clashed that I became fascinated by chess. I collected chess sets — wooden, glass, metal, plastic, 3D and magnetic. I bought chess books about the opening ...

(MENAFN) Boris Spassky, the 10th world chess champion, has died at the age of 88, the Russian Chess Federation confirmed on Thursday. Spassky, renowned for his historic Cold War-era "Match of the ...

MOSCOW — 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.

Mumbai: Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion whose 1972 clash with Bobby Fischer became a defining tableau of Cold War rivalry, has died at 88 in Russia. A luminous mind and a paradoxical ...