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Boris Spassky, Russian chess legend and world champion, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 “Match of the Century” against American Bobby Fischer, died Thursday ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, center, is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they walked out ...
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World Rapid Chess Championship in New York ends with triumph of Russian players
MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. The 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship in New York has ended with the triumph of Russian chess players, about which the West says nothing. Russian players showed ...
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Russian Chess Legend Boris Spassky Dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Russian grandmaster who went against American Bobby Fischer in a 1972 chess game known as the “Match of the Century,” has died. He was 88. The Chess Federation of Russia ...