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

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention ...

Boris Spassky, a former Soviet-era chess grandmaster who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match, has ...

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director ...

Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era ...

Forever hyphenated with American Bobby Fischer, the genial Russian GM's most iconic moment came when he stood to applaud ...

FORMER chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died aged 88. The Russian became world champion in 1969. He still held the title ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...

He defended his World Chess champion title against American Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972 — which ...