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Spassky vs Fischer: The 1972 chess match that shook the world – a throwback
Spassky chess battle — an iconic Cold War clash in which Fischer stunned the world, ending Soviet dominance and reshaping ...
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 of ...
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American grandmaster and world champion Bobby Fischer was a versatile ... an important part of classical chess theory. The opening is characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...
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 ...
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Ex-chess world champion Boris Spassky dies: Revisiting his 'match of the century' with Bobby Fischer
Fifty years ago, the Cold War was transposed to a chessboard as Bobby Fischer of the United States took ... long tussle in ...
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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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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He ...