Boris Spassky: The man who dared George Bush to put him and Bobby Fischer in same cell, “and give us a chess set”
Forever hyphenated with American Bobby Fischer, the genial Russian GM's most iconic moment came when he stood to applaud rival Fischer after Game 6 of the 1972 match - as it upended all Cold War narratives.
Now 59, Bobby Fischer has become a reclusive ... wrote to the New York field office in September 1958. After beating Boris Spassky for the world title in 1972, Fischer dropped out of ...
Spasskey was most known for losing 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer, despite winning the world title in ...
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