Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies aged 88 | Reuters (1:15) • '[Published on] Feb 28, 2025'
The description of the video omitted any mention of Fischer. It was, after all, not Spassky's greatest accomplishment.
Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88. Spassky was the 10th World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972.
His Wikipedia page Boris Spassky (wikipedia.org), mentions all three of his title matches in the first paragraph.
Boris Vasilievich Spassky (January 30, 1937 – February 27, 2025) was a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then lost to Bobby Fischer in a famous match in 1972.
As for the dozens of mentions of Spassky on this blog and on my main blog, the two that I remember best are:-
- 2018-07: Another Bad Day for Spassky see also the link to 'A Bad Day for Spassky'.
- 2009-04: Photogenic Spassky
RIP, Grandmaster. You earned it.
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