Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for ...

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention ...

His 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer is considered one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well ...

Fifty years ago, the Cold War was transposed to a chessboard as Bobby Fischer of the United States took on defending world ...

The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 ...

Mumbai: Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion whose 1972 clash with Bobby Fischer became a defining tableau of Cold ...

Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster best known for his historic 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer, has passed ...

Spassky was nearly as brilliant. His was a household name among those who who grew up playing chess. It was a game that ...

Forever hyphenated with American Bobby Fischer, the genial Russian GM's most iconic moment came when he stood to applaud ...

Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...