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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.

Cebu Daily News on MSN · 1d

Death of Boris Spassky: the Cold War on a chessboard in 1972

Fifty years ago, the Cold War was transposed to a chessboard as Bobby Fischer of the United States took on defending world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, who has died aged 88, in a

The Washington Post1d

Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one ... for the competition for Cold War supremacy, died Feb. 27 in Moscow ...

Coeur d'Alene Press11h

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 ...

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