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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Spassky emigrated to France in 1976. On its website, the chess federation called Spassky's match with Fischer "one of the most iconic" in the history of the game. Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar ...
Carlsen to participate in 'Magnus vs The World' showdown: All you need to know about one-of-a-kind game of chess
After Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand, it’s Magnus Carlsen’s turn to face off against the world in what is one of the ...
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Former world chess champion Boris Spassky, 88, dies
Spassky emigrated to France in 1976. On its website, the chess federation called Spassky's match with Fischer "one of the most iconic" in the history of the game. Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar ...
Dhoni-fan Gukesh reveals how cricketer ‘helped him’ in his chess career during Chepauk visit
Gukesh, the youngest world champion in the history of chess, revealed that he used to try and mimic Dhoni's hairstyles when ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
On its website, the chess federation called Spassky's match with Fischer “one of the most iconic” in the history of the game. Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric said that Spassky's secret ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
becoming junior world champion and the youngest grandmaster in history at the time at 18. He said he learned to play chess at the age of five in an orphanage, having managed to flee Leningrad with ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Spassky emigrated to France in 1976. On its website, the chess federation called Spassky’s match with Fischer “one of the most iconic” in the history of the game. Yugoslav grandmaster ...