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CBM #214 Special: Boris Spassky. Boris Spassky was born in Leningrad in 1937. His exceptional talent was recognised at an early age and nurtured by a monthly stipend and provision of a coach. 1955 was a special year for Spassky - he became World Junior Champion, was awarded the GM title and qualified for the zone tournament in Gothenburg, where the following curiosity occurred in the 14th round:
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Aug 26, 2022 · Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky faced each other in the 1972 World Chess Championship which many consider the Chess Match of the Century.Welcome to Chess.com...
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Boris Spassky [1] (born 30 January 1937 in Leningrad ), is a Soviet – French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972. [2] p381. Spassky won the USSR Chess Championship twice outright (1961, 1973), and twice more lost in playoffs (1956, 1963). He was a World Chess Championship ...
7/11/2022 – Half a century ago, exactly on this day, the most famous chess match in history began: Boris Spassky vs Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik, Iceland. Five year ago we celebrated the event by reporting on it, game for game, as if it was all taking place live. Today we bring you links to all the reports we published at the time, starting ...
In 1960, Fischer tied for first place with Soviet star Boris Spassky at the strong Mar del Plata Tournament in Argentina, winning by a two-point margin, scoring 13½/15 (+13−1=1), ahead of David Bronstein. Fischer lost only to Spassky; this was the start of their lifelong friendship and rivalry.
Jun 10, 2024 · Tibor Karolyi's Boris Spassky's Best Games 1 - 1948-68, The Rising Star (Quality Chess 2024), with volume 2 to follow. Karolyi's work will surely supersede older collections such as Kasparov's My Great Predecessors Volume 3 or Bernard Cafferty's classic Spassky's 100 Best Games. The multi-volume Karolyi route is admittedly demanding for readers ...
