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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
The Soviet Union boasted an unbroken streak of ... And put me in the same cell with Bobby Fischer. And give us a chess set.” Boris Vasilyevich Spassky was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
The Soviet chess giant lived a checkered life ... his compatriot Tigran Petrosian to take the world title. "I never set myself the goal of becoming world champion. Everything worked out by ...
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Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88
Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster celebrated for his 1972 Cold War clash with American Bobby Fischer, has died at 88, according to the Russian Chess Federation. Spassky's defeat against ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match 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.
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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.
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost 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 became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.