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

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

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 ...

The president isn’t playing 3-D chess in the war in Ukraine.

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

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

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

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

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

He defended his World Chess champion title against American Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972 — which ...

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