MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ...

Boris Spassky, legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 “Match of the Century” against American Bobby Fischer, died Thursday ...

Not only did Magnus Carlsen recreate the 26-piece position perfectly after looking at the board from a game that was played ...

Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion, has died at the age of ... In 1972, Spassky failed to defend the title, losing to American Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik. In 1972, the chess grandmaster ...

chess had an ancillary reputation as the recreation of social misfits. Bobby Fischer was a national hero for wresting the world championship away from our cold war rivals, the Russians ...

At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer ... the site of the world championship between Mr. Fischer and Boris Spassky ...