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Boris Spassky

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Noun1.Boris Spassky - Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
Boris Vasilevich Spassky, Spassky


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On a giant board, Stallings showed the students a move-by-move account of the legendary 1972 championship match between American Bobby Fischer and Russian Boris Spassky.
A WORLD IN BLACK AND WHITE CAMP TRAINS YOUNG IN CHESS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In 1992, Fischer--in defiance of a UN embargo, and after spitting on a letter of warning from the State Department--played a rematch against his storied Russian chess opponent, world champion Boris Spassky.
Spassky's appeal for Fischer by The New American
More than three decades ago he became a national hero when he defeated Soviet chess virtuoso Boris Spassky in a series of matches in Reykjavik, becoming the only American player ever to beat a Soviet grandmaster.
UN vs. Bobby Fischer by The New American
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