MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ...

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

Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion, has died at the age of 88 in Moscow, Russian Chess Federation President Andrey Filatov told TASS. "A great personality has passed away. Generations of ...

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

A televised 1972 match between Spassky and Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was ...

Former world chess champion Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era legend, has passed away at the age of 88 in Moscow. Best known for ...

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director Emil Sutovsky told Reuters on Thursday.

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STORY: Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, according to the International Chess Federation on ...

American Fischer, regarded as the eccentric genius of the game, frequently raised demands for favourable conditions for his World Championship matches, notably during his 1972 match against Boris ...