Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
- Posted on February 27, 2025
- By The Toronto Star
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost 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