Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champ who lost iconic match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, Russian chess legend and world champion, dies at 88
He defended his World Chess champion title against American Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972 — which became a cultural proxy battle between the US and Russia during the Cold
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for the competition for Cold War supremacy,
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Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky (Bobby Fischer’s rival in Reykjavik) dead at 88
Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was the tenth World Chess Champion and held the title from 1969 to 1972, has died at the age of 88.