Former USSR chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88
Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster who learned to play as an orphan – eventually becoming the informal face of the USSR in the politically-infused "match of the century" against American Bobby Fischer – died on Thursday at 88.
Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster who learned to play as an orphan – eventually becoming the informal face of the USSR in the politically-infused "match of the century" against American Bobby Fischer – died on Thursday at 88.
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