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Soviet chess giant Boris Spassky dies

The Associated Press on MSN · 17h

Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed 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. He was 88.

The Indian Express · 10h

Boris Spassky: The man who dared George Bush to put him and Bobby Fischer in same cell, “and give us a chess set”

Forever hyphenated with American Bobby Fischer, the genial Russian GM's most iconic moment came when he stood to applaud rival Fischer after Game 6 of the 1972 match - as it upended all Cold War narratives.

The New York Times · 1d

Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost ‘Match of the Century,’ Dies at 88

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention reduced them to pawns in a wider drama.

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Chess: England over-65s lead all the way to world senior team gold at Prague

The over-65s have been world champions three times in four years, but the over-50s finished out of the medals as USA claimed ...

India Today on MSN18h

Match of the Century: When the Cold War was fought on 64 squares

The 1972 showdown between Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky and American grandmaster Bobby Fischer, which was dubbed ...

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How Chess.com became more than just a chess app and Titled Tuesday spiced up a routine weekday

The popular app offers elite GMs a lighter dose of fun chess, and casual and upcoming players the chance to go up the ladder ...

Esports Insider1d

Wolves Esports signs chess grandmaster Yu Yangyi

Wolves Esports has signed the youngest Chinese grandmaster, Yu Yangyi, and he will look to represent them at the Esports ...

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D Gukesh's coach 'knows nothing about chess'; said 'youngsters don't have self-awareness' but mentored ‘world champ’

Paddy Upton worked as D Gukesh's mental conditioning coach for the World Chess Championship in Singapore last year.

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