Spasskey was most known for losing 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer, despite winning the world title in ...
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.
Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand penned an emotional tribute to Boris Spassky, the tenth world chess champion ...
Mumbai: Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion whose 1972 clash with Bobby Fischer became a defining tableau of Cold ...
Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match of the century at the height of ...