Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era game to U.S. has died
When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the then-29-year-old chess genius from Brooklyn ... didn’t fit comfortably into the Soviet machine.” Spassky emigrated to France ...
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Soviet-era world chess champion
When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the then-29-year-old chess genius from Brooklyn ... didn't fit comfortably into the Soviet machine." Spassky emigrated ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
When Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, the then-29-year-old chess genius from Brooklyn ... didn’t fit comfortably into the Soviet machine.” ...