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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 champ who lost Cold War’s ‘Match of the Century,’ dies at 88

Boris Spassky, former world chess champion, died in Moscow at 88. He was best known for his 1972 "Match of the Century" loss to Bobby Fischer. The International Chess Federation called Spassky "one of ...
New York Daily News

Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky to become the first American world chess champion in 1972

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, Sept. 1 – Bobby Rischer of Brooklyn is world chess champion, the first American to hold that title since it was established 1866. This morning when it was announced that Russian ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88

MOSCOW – 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 ...
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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess 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.