The greatest chess match in history took place in the summer of 1972, when the reigning Russian World Champion Boris Spassky (1937-) was challenged by the American Bobby Fischer (1943-2008).

It's been a very long drought for Americans when it comes to the World Chess Championship. The last American to win was, famously, Bobby Fischer in 1972. Fischer defeated Boris Spassky in Iceland ...

Fabiano Caruana will be the first American to play for the World Chess Championship since Bobby Fischer in 1972. Caruana will face three-time champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Caruana has been a ...

The new exhibit explores the high-stakes 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Russia’s Boris Spassky and its many ripples on the game and the world.

Beyond the chess board, the similarities in geopolitical backdrop are hard to miss. The 1972 championship was held at the height of The Cold War between USA and USSR.

Russian Boris Spassky had resigned and the world chess championship title passed out of Russian hands for the first time in 25 years.

The World Chess Championship goes into overtime Wednesday, as Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and the United States’ Fabiano Caruana compete for the title. After 12 games and 12 draws, the two ...

The World Chess Championship 1972 pitted east v west, with the United States’ Bobby Fischer playing defending champion Boris Spassky of the then Soviet Union.