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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
Nevertheless, when he arrived at Iceland’s capital ... choked with people charging back in,” Brad Darrach wrote in “Bobby Fischer vs. the Rest of the World” (1974).
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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in 1972 ... would keep his title for just three years. In 1972 in Iceland he played the match that would define his career ...
Newsday21d
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they walked out of a meeting representatives of Bobby Fischer, Spassky's challenger from America. Credit: AP At the time of their famous match, the Soviet Union had ...
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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Bobby Fischer, right, and Boris Spassky play their last game together in Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 31, 1972. / Credit: J. Walter Green / AP One of the first to react was Soviet grandmaster Anatoly ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer ... When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the then-29 ...
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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in 1972 ... would keep his title for just three years. In 1972 in Iceland he played the match that would define his career ...
The New York Times25d
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. By Dylan Loeb McClain Boris ...
EL PAÍS English23d
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 ...
The Durango Herald24d
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby ... When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the then-29-year ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...