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Boris Spassky, the 10th world champion in the history of chess, breathed his last in Moscow on Thursday at the age of 88. For the world at large, Spassky’s is the name that lives on in hyphenated ...

Boris Spassky, who represented Russia and France in his illustrious chess career, died at the age of 88. Back in 1972, Spassky locked horns with Bobby Fischer in the "the match of the century" in ...

Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess legend, has passed away at 88, the Russian Chess Federation announced. Best known for the iconic 1972 “Match of the Century” against Bobby Fischer, Spassky’s showdown ...

Boris Spassky, the 10th world champion of chess, has passed away, FIDE announced on Friday. He was 88. He became the world champion after defeating Tigran Petrosian and then famously lost in the Match ...

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.

Boris Spassky, who has died aged 88 was among the finest chess players of the 20th century, but found his reign at the summit of the game ended by the outstanding American Bobby Fischer, with whom ...

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.