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Soviet chess giant Boris Spassky 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.

El País in English · 3d

Boris Spassky, the chess player who was a victim of Bobby Fischer but also much more

The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 after a life worthy of the movies

The New York Times · 4d

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.

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Boris Spassky, endlessly witty and a free soul, was more than just Fischer’s victim or a Soviet Union foot soldier

There was beauty in his brutal cavalier playing style and the Russian just couldn't be hemmed in by the iron-fisted communist ...

Russian chess legend and former world champion Boris Spassky dies at 88

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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