Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champ who lost iconic match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
His 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer is considered one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for the competition for Cold War supremacy.
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champ who lost Cold War’s ‘Match of the Century,’ dies at 88
Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era showdown, has died at 88. The match, viewed as a symbolic battle between the U.S.
Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to 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.