Soviet Chess Champion Boris Spassky Dies at 88
The Soviet-era former chess prodigy, who played in “one of the most iconic” games in history against American Bobby Fischer ...
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW (AP) — 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 on Thursday in ...