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“1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, Its Origin, and Influence” opens at the World Chess Hall of Fame

Fifty years ago, right in the middle of the Cold War, an eccentric American named Bobby Fischer upended a long reign of Russian dominance in chess, and the world was forever changed. Untold numbers ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed 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 Thursday in ...
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Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky dies at 88

Bobby Fischer (right) and Boris Spassky play their last game together on Aug. 31, 1972, in Reykjavik, Iceland. Associated Press file photo MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who ...
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Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era game to U.S. has died

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 Thursday in ...
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Boris Spassky, chess champion who lost ‘Match of the Century,’ dies at 88

Boris Spassky, the world chess champion whose career was overshadowed by his loss to Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88. His death was announced by ...