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Boris Spassky, the 10th world champion in the history of chess ... skipped the opening ceremony, forced game 1 of the world championship to be deferred, forfeited game 2, forced game 3 to be played in ...

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 ... Fischer triumphed 12.5-8.5 on September 1, in a match famously dubbed the “Cold War played with pawns.” As The Guardian’s Michael Lake put it, “World chess ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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. He was ...

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.