Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster best known for his historic 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer, has passed ...

The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 ...

Forever hyphenated with American Bobby Fischer, the genial Russian GM's most iconic moment came when he stood to applaud ...

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

Boris Spassky’s contributions to chess are commemorated through his remarkable games, including his rejuvenation of the Breyer defence and mastery of ...

The death of the one-time chess prodigy was announced by the International Chess Federation. No cause of death was given.

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

FORMER chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died aged 88. The Russian became world champion in 1969. He still held the title ...

Despite losing the iconic battle played in Reykjavik, Iceland for a whopping £200k, Boris Spassky was widely regarded as one ...