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The Associated Press on MSNBoris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ...
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Newser on MSN'True Gentleman' of Chess Was Half of Cold War ShowdownBoris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster who lost a highly politicized showdown—the "Match of the Century"—with American ...
For more than 1,000 years, chess has been synonymous with war ... including opportunities to travel abroad during the Cold War. The Soviet dominance of the world championship, with eight winners ...
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