Russian Chess Legend Boris Spassky Dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Russian grandmaster who went against American Bobby Fischer in a 1972 chess game known as the “Match of the Century,” has died. He was 88. The Chess Federation of Russia announced ...
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Fahim, the Little Chess Prince
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
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 ...
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Prince Harry in the eye of a storm, British Army and Taliban condemn his account of killing “chess pieces” in Afghanistan
Anas Haqqani, a Taliban leader in Afghanistan, has condemned Prince Harry for describing those he killed as “chess pieces”, but added that not many who killed Afghans “have your decency to ...