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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
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.
The Free Press Journal27d
Boris Spassky, Grandmaster Of Grace & Grit
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 ...
The Pioneer28d
Chess colossus, Boris Spassky 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.
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Soviet GM Spassky dies at 88
MANILA, Philippines — 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 ...
Hindustan Times28d
Oldest living world chess champion Boris Spassky dies at age 88
Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director Emil Sutovsky told Reuters on Thursday. Russian chess grandmaster Boris ...
The Sun28d
Boris Spassky dead at 88: Russian chess grandmaster who played in ‘match of the century’ dies
FORMER chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died aged 88. The Russian became world champion in 1969. He still held the title as he took part in the "match of the century" against American Bobby ...
Irish Sun28d
Boris Spassky dead at 88: Russian chess grandmaster who played in ‘match of the century’ dies
The international Chess Federation have released a statement paying tribute to Spassky. It read: "RIP Boris Vasilievich Spassky. One of the most talented players of his generation, the 10th World ...
The Straits Times28d
Chess-Russian grandmaster Spassky dies aged 88
PARIS - Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director Emil Sutovsky told Reuters on Thursday. Spassky, who took French ...
Indiatimes28d
Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88
Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster celebrated for his 1972 Cold War clash with American Bobby Fischer, has died at 88, according to the Russian Chess Federation. Spassky's defeat against ...
CBS News28d
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 American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.