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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky ... It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a remarkable comeback by winning the USSR Championship. Eight years later he defeated his compatriot Tigran Petrosian to take the world ...
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Boris Spassky, chess champion who lost ‘Match of the Century,’ dies at 88
My years as champion were the worst years of my life.” Boris Vasiliyevich Spassky was born in Leningrad (later St. Petersburg) on Jan. 30, 1937. He was the second child of Russian parents ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph1mon
Spassky: legendary loser of 'match of the century' dies at 88
Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky ... It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a remarkable comeback by winning the USSR Championship. Eight years later he defeated his compatriot Tigran ...
Stabroek News20d
Match of the century recalled as chess world mourns Spassky’s passing
Grandmaster and the tenth world chess champion (1969-1972 ) Boris Spassky of Russia died two Thursdays ago. He was 88. Spassky lost his world championship title in 1972 to America’s Bobby ...
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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 ... With the Cold War at its height and the Soviet Union having dominated the game for years, Spassky faced a must-win situation in his match ...
Dayton Daily News1mon
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion ... When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the then-29-year-old chess genius from Brooklyn, New York, brought ...
Japan Today1mon
Boris Spassky: Legendary loser of chess 'match of the century' dies at 88
Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated ... It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a remarkable comeback by winning the USSR Championship. Eight years later he defeated his ...
Newsday1mon
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris ... year-old chess genius from Brooklyn, New York, brought the U.S. its first world chess title. Fischer, known to be testy and difficult, died in 2008. After his victory of ...
Spectrum News NY11mon
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion ... Iceland, the then-29-year-old chess genius from Brooklyn, New York, brought the U.S. its first world chess title.
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
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.