Boris Spassky’s contributions to chess are commemorated through his remarkable games, including his rejuvenation of the ...
It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a remarkable comeback by winning the USSR Championship. Eight years later he defeated his compatriot Tigran Petrosian to take the world title. "I never set ...
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 ...
Eight years later he defeated his compatriot Tigran Petrosian to take the world title. "I never set myself the goal of becoming world champion. Everything worked out by itself. I was progressing ...
There was beauty in his brutal cavalier playing style and the Russian just couldn't be hemmed in by the iron-fisted communist ...
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