Boris Spassky
Russian chess player (1937–2025)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Soviet chess grandmaster who held the world title from 1969 to 1972, sandwiched between wins over Petrosian and the legendary loss to Bobby Fischer that made him a footnote in Cold War spectacle.
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Boris Vasilyevich Spassky was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then lost to Bobby Fischer in a famous match in 1972.
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