Spassky was very strong from the white side in Caro Kann defence too and crushed Tigran Petrosian. They were good friends and he dethroned Petrosian for the world title in 1969 after a failed ...
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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries.
Spassky became the world chess champion in 1969, defeating Tigran Petrosian in Moscow. In 1972, he lost the title to American Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik. Spassky won the Soviet championship twice, in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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