MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer ... Credit: AP At the time of their famous match, the Soviet Union had compiled an unbroken ...

Boris Spassky, a Russian grandmaster who went against American Bobby Fischer in a 1972 chess game known as the “Match of the Century,” has died. He was 88. The Chess Federation of Russia ...

Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match of the century at the height of the Cold War, has died aged 88, the Chess Federation of Russia said Thursday ..