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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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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 ...
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Boris Spassky, Russian chess legend and world champion, dies at 88

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 in ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American 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.
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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost 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 ...