Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88

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Chess legend Boris Spasski dies at the age of 88. His duel against Fischer is considered the match of the century.

Boris Spassky's name always remained associated with the chess century match during the Cold War – and his defeat against Bobby Fischer. He never cared about politics, but all the more about the people he met.

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Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88

Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries.

Spasski became famous because of the defeat against the American Bobby Fischer. The 1972 World Cup duel stood symbolically for the Cold War of the Great Powers. Spasski was probably too little dogged, too much cavalier.