# Boris Spassky

> He held the world chess title for three years, then lost it in 1972 to Bobby Fischer in a match that became the Cold War's most-watched board game.

*Russian chess player (1937–2025)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/boris-spassky

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Born:** 1937-01-30
- **Died:** 2025-02-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Spassky became a Soviet chess prodigy early, tying for first in the national championship at nineteen in 1956 but losing the playoff. He won it outright in 1961, challenged Tigran Petrosian for the world title in 1966 and lost, then came back in 1969 to defeat Petrosian and claim the championship. The crown lasted until 1972, when Fischer beat him in Reykjavik in front of the world. He kept competing as a candidate seven times total, reaching the final stage again in 1977, but the top was behind him. In 1976 he moved to France and became a French citizen two years later; an unofficial rematch with Fischer in 1992 went the same way as the first. He returned to Russia in 2012, thirty-six years after he'd left.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 64.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 9.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #224

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3661365/ (@nm3661365)

## Topics
#Athletes, #Athlete, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177310)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Boris%20Spassky)
- [بوريس سباسكى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89)
- [Boris Spasski](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spasski)
- [Спасский Борис Васильевич](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Барыс Васільевіч Спаскі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)
- [Борис Спаски](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [বরিস স্পাস্কি](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF)
- [Boris Spassky](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky)
- [Boris Spaski](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spaski)
- [Borís Spasski](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%ADs_Spasski)
- [Boris Spasskij](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spasskij)
- [Boris Spassky](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky)
- [Boris Wassiljewitsch Spasski](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Wassiljewitsch_Spasski)
- [Μπορίς Σπάσκι](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%82_%CE%A3%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B9)
- [Boris Spasskij](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spasskij)
- [Borís Spaski](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%ADs_Spaski)
- [Boriss Spasski](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boriss_Spasski)
- [Boris Spaski](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spaski)
- [بوریس اسپاسکی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C)
- [Boris Spasski](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spasski)
- [Boris Spasskij](https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spasskij)
- [Boris Spassky](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky)
- [Wikiquote](https://hy.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D5%8D%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%AB)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Boris_Spasskij)
- [Wikiquote](https://nn.wikiquote.org/wiki/Boris_Spasskij)
- [Wikiquote](https://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [Boris Spasskij](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spasskij)

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