Spassky chess battle — an iconic Cold War clash in which Fischer stunned the world, ending Soviet dominance and reshaping ...

Fifty years ago, the Cold War was transposed to a chessboard as Bobby Fischer of the United States took ... long tussle in ...

In any chess game there is an opening, a middle game and an ending. Some games, especially for beginners, do not go through the three stages, but as your ...

His 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer is considered one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well ...

After 28 moves, the game also seemed destined ... And put me in the same cell with Bobby Fischer. And give us a chess set.” He continued to study chess after returning to postwar Leningrad ...

Spassky was nearly as brilliant. His was a household name among those who who grew up playing chess. It was a game that ...

Mumbai: Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion whose 1972 clash with Bobby Fischer became a defining tableau of Cold ...

The 1972 Reykjavik match against Bobby Fischer—a geopolitical ... particularly chess. A game of absolute precision, where each move might be the difference between victory and defeat, was ...