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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, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to ... After the war, his aggressive style of play without fear of sacrifice was noticed by his peers and encouraged by the ...
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Former USSR chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88
After the war, his aggressive style ... chess, Mikhail Tal, the so-called "Magician of Riga". It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a remarkable comeback by winning the USSR Championship ...
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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to ... After the war, his aggressive style of play without fear of sacrifice was noticed by his peers and encouraged by the ...
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Spassky: Legendary loser of ‘match of century’ dies
He said he learned to play chess at the age of five in an orphanage, having managed to flee Leningrad with his family when it was besieged by the Nazis during World War II. After the war, his ...
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Boris Spassky: The legendary loser of 'match of the century' dies at 88
Last years of Spassky's life were marked by ill health and a mysterious family conflict Russian-born chess master Boris ... After the war, his aggressive style of play without fear of sacrifice ...
Boris Spassky, legendary loser of chess 'match of the century', dies at 88
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.
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Spassky: legendary loser of 'match of the century' dies at 88
Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky ... After the war, his aggressive style of play without fear of sacrifice was noticed by his peers and encouraged by the state, which provided him with ...
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Spassky: legendary loser of 'match of the century' dies at 88
The federation called his death a "great loss to the country", saying generations of chess players had learned ... After the war, his aggressive style of play without fear of sacrifice was noticed ...
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Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost ‘match of the century’, dies at 88
The Russian ... chess at the age of five in an orphanage, having managed to flee Leningrad with his family when it was besieged by the Nazis during World War II. After the war, his aggressive ...
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Hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein: ‘I love punching a bully in the nose’
When I walk into Lilia, the industrial-style dining room is almost empty except for a few ... you have to go against the grain A Brooklyn-born chess prodigy, Weinstein talked his way into a Goldman ...
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Boris Spassky (1937-2025): The first universal player who challenged the Cold War chess order
The Russian, who is best ... cell as Fischer “and give us a chess set”. Spassky’s legacy is so intrinsically linked with Fischer and the 1972 Championship that his greatness as a player and his ...