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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champ who lost to Fischer, dies

Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88

Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries.

The New York Times · 1d

Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost ‘Match of the Century,’ Dies at 88

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention reduced them to pawns in a wider drama.

El País in English · 16h

Boris Spassky, the chess player who was a victim of Bobby Fischer but also much more

The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 after a life worthy of the movies

Coeur d'Alene Press4h

Boris opened the door to the world of chess

Spassky was nearly as brilliant. His was a household name among those who who grew up playing chess. It was a game that ...

‘Cold War’ era USA-Russia chess battle returns, loser must take ‘polygraph' test

American GM Hans Niemann has accepted Russian GM Daniil Dubov’s challenge to prove his innocence in cheating scandal.

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