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Reykjavik caught the world’s attention in 1972. Iceland’s capital was the venue of the World chess championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer. In the height of the cold-war, a ...
FILE - Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, center, is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they ...
The upcoming clash for the 2024 World Chess Championship title being held in Singapore, between D. Gukesh of India and Ding Liren of China, evokes many similarities with the 1972 world title clash ...
FILE - Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, center, is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they ...
SINGAPORE. The biggest tipping point for chess was the 1972 World chess championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. It was the match that actually put chess in focus on a global level ...
Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, center, is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they walked out ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in ...
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.
FILE - Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, center, is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they ...