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 ...
Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to 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 ...
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...
Stabroek News12d
Prize money for international Chess not overly extravagant
However, the largest chess prize ever given to an individual was at the 1992 match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia. It was worth US$5,000,000 with the winner getting US$3.35 ...
Indiatimes17d
D Gukesh bows out of Freestyle Grand Slam chess after loss to Fabiano Caruana
World champion D Gukesh exited the Freestyle Grand Slam Chess after his second quarterfinal loss to Fabiano Caruana in Hamburg. Gukesh, needing a win, blundered a pawn early, leading to his ...
Rappler24d
Freestyle tour boss, Carlsen call for FIDE president’s resignation
In Chess960/Freestyle chess, which was created by former world champion Bobby Fischer in 1996, the pieces on the back rank are reshuffled, meaning that computer-backed preparations leading to ...
The Hindu26d
Life in black and white
“Chess is war over the board. The objective is to crush the opponent’s mind,” said Bobby Fischer. Chaturanga, the ancient chess game in India, depicted the four arms of the army. The ...
Reuters24d
Chess-Freestyle tour boss, Carlsen call for FIDE president's resignation
PARIS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric ... Chess960, created by former world champion Bobby Fischer in 1996, has been gaining in popularity after an invitational ...
CNN13d
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
“Chess in Russia was a kind of religion ... Only one was not won by a Soviet or former-Soviet citizen – Bobby Fischer in 1972. Under the likes of Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev and ...