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Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij) (Russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский) (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky won the Soviet Chess Championship twice outright (1961, 1973), and... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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1937
Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

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Vlastimil Hort Spassky (a noted chess gentleman in his own right) did so and went on to win the match by the narrowest possible margin, eliminating Hort from that Candidates cycle but ensuring that he would be remembered by chess fans for his gallantry.

Boris Spassky Spassky won an exhibition match with rising Dutch Grandmaster Jan Timman at Amsterdam 1977 by 4-2.

Boris Spassky This match saw Spassky fall ill, exhaust all of his available rest days while recovering ; then the healthy Hort, in one of the most sportsmanlike acts in chess history, used one of his own rest days, to allow Spassky more time to recover; Spassky eventually won the match.

Boris Spassky Spassky won an exhibition match over Robert Hübner at Solingen 1977 by 3½-2½, then defeated Lubomir Kavalek, also at Solingen, by 4/6 in another exhibition match.

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Poisoned Pawn Variation In the second, Spassky surprised Fischer with a theoretical novelty and won the game after Fischer defended poorly, allowing Spassky to trap Fischer's queen, handing Fischer his only loss with the Poisoned Pawn.

World Chess Championship 1972 Spassky won three games (including the forfeit in game 2), Fischer won seven games, and there were eleven draws.

Bobby Fischer The USSR team won the match (20.5-19.5), but on second board, Fischer beat Tigran Petrosian, whom Boris Spassky had dethroned as world champion the previous year, 3-1, winning the first two games and drawing the last two.

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1973 in chess Boris Spassky comes back from his disappointment of 1972, to win the 41st Soviet Championship, a full point ahead of the USSR's other leading players.

Boris Spassky Spassky continued to play some excellent chess after losing his crown, winning several championships.

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1973 in chess Boris Spassky comes back from his disappointment of 1972, to win the 41st Soviet Championship, a full point ahead of the USSR's other leading players.

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List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess Their first career meeting was at Mar del Plata 1960, where Spassky won playing the White side of the King's Gambit.

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World Chess Championship 1972 This time Spassky triumphed, winning 12.5-10.5.

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Viktor Korchnoi Spassky proved to be too much for him, at Kiev 1968, winning 6.5–3.5.

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Nikolai Krogius He served as part of Boris Spassky's team for his second world title match against Tigran Petrosian at Moscow 1969, where Spassky won a tight struggle.

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1970 in chess There are record numbers of spectators, especially on the day of the Fischer - Spassky encounter, which is won by Spassky.

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Triangulation (chess) Triangulation can occur in endgames other than king and pawn endgames, such as this game in the 1965 Candidates Tournament, in which future World chess champion Boris Spassky defeated former world champion Mikhail Tal and won the right to challenge the current champion Tigran Petrosian.

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Paul Keres Riga 1965, lost his quarter-final match to eventual Candidates' winner Boris Spassky by 6 - 4 (+2 =4 -4).

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Timeline of chess 1965 - Boris Spassky wins Candidates Matches against Paul Keres, Efim Geller, and Mikhail Tal.

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Bobby Fischer The USSR team won the match (20.5-19.5), but on second board, Fischer beat Tigran Petrosian, whom Boris Spassky had dethroned as world champion the previous year, 3-1, winning the first two games and drawing the last two.

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Boris Spassky Spassky won the Soviet Chess Championship twice outright (1961, 1973), and twice more lost in playoffs (1956, 1963), after tying for first during the event proper.

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Boris Spassky Spassky won two tournaments in the run-up to the final.

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Boris Spassky His next Candidates' match was against Lajos Portisch at Geneva 1977, and Spassky won again by 8½-6½, to qualify for the Candidates' final.

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Boris Spassky Spassky played five times for the USSR in Student Olympiads, winning eight medals.

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Jacqueline Piatigorsky In 1966, in Santa Monica, Boris Spassky won the second Piatigorsky Cup Tournament with second place going to Bobby Fischer.

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Gregor Piatigorsky A second Piatigorsky Cup was held in Santa Monica in 1966, and was won by Boris Spassky.

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Bent Larsen In Malmö, however, he lost the semi-final by 2.5-5.5 to Boris Spassky, who went on to win the title.

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Boris (first name) Boris Spassky, Russian chess player

Boris Spassky Spassky continued to play some excellent chess after losing his crown, winning several championships.

January 30 1937 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player and 10th world chess champion (1969-1972)

1937 January 30 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess player

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Crazyhouse The game has been played by many chess grandmasters, including Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky.

World Chess Championship 1972 Spassky, due to his sporting spirit and respect and sympathy for Fischer, agreed to play the third game in a small room backstage, out of sight of the spectators.

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Boris Spassky Spassky played five times for the USSR in Student Olympiads, winning eight medals.

Boris Spassky Spassky played seven times for the Soviet Olympiad team.

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Boris Spassky Spassky played in the 1990 French Championship at Angers, placing fourth with 10½/15, as Marc Santo Roman won.

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World Chess Championship 1972 Spassky played a pawn sacrifice evidently prepared at home, gaining a strong attack, but failed to convert it into a win.

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King's Indian Defence World champions Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, and Garry Kasparov have all played this variation.

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St. George Defence Boris Spassky also played the St. George Defence, albeit by transposition, in the 22nd game of his 1966 world championship match against world champion Tigran Petrosian.

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Boris Spassky Spassky then played young female prodigy Judit Polgar in a 1993 match at Budapest, losing narrowly with 4½/10.

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Mikhail Tal Boris Spassky vs Mikhail Tal, USSR Championship, Riga 1958, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Saemisch Variation (E26), 0–1 Spassky plays for a win to avoid a playoff for an Interzonal berth, but Tal hangs on by his fingernails before turning the tables in a complex endgame; with the win, he captures his second straight Soviet title.

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Boris Spassky Spassky then played young female prodigy Judit Polgar in a 1993 match at Budapest, losing narrowly with 4½/10.

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Boris Spassky Spassky played board one in the USSR vs. Rest of the World match at Belgrade 1970, scoring 1½/3 against Larsen.

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1993 in chess Boris Spassky and Judit Polgar play a match in Budapest.

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Ruy Lopez The Smyslov Defence, Fianchetto Defence, or Barnes Defence (ECO C60), (3...g6), is a quiet positional system played occasionally by Vassily Smyslov and Boris Spassky.

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Boris Spassky Spassky continued to play occasional events through much of the 1990s, such as the Veterans versus Women series.

Results for "Boris Spassky played Bobby Fischer"

19th Chess Olympiad The tournament was very well attended by the public, particularly on the day that Boris Spassky played Bobby Fischer, with an estimated 3000 spectators turning up ( - Spassky won).

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Results for "Boris Spassky lost match"

World Chess Championship 1972 Spassky, the champion, had lost a world championship match against Tigran Petrosian in 1966.

Boris Spassky Spassky lost the final match in Moscow narrowly, with three wins against Petrosian's four wins, with the two sharing 17 draws.

Boris Spassky Although Spassky did lose the title match, he performed much better than had the three other Candidates (Mark Taimanov, Bent Larsen, and Tigran Petrosian) whom Fischer had defeated convincingly on his approach to the finals.

Boris Spassky Spassky lost the match with a score of +5 -10 =15.

Boris Spassky Anatoly Karpov vs Boris Spassky, Candidates' match, Leningrad 1974, game 1, Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation (B83), 0-1 Spassky lost the match, but he started very strongly in the first game with this fine win.

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Boris Spassky Spassky continued to play some excellent chess after losing his crown, winning several championships.

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Boris Spassky As losing finalist in 1966, Spassky was seeded into the next Candidates' cycle.

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Piatigorsky Cup Spassky was the only player to not lose a game, and his steady performance won the tournament.

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    Boris Spassky

    Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij) (Russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский) (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972.
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    Spassky

    Boris Spassky, a Soviet chess player and former world champion
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    List of mini chess tournaments

    Boris Spassky, 3.
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    List of Russian chess players

    Boris Spassky (born 1937)
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    List of Russians

    Boris Spassky
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    Two Knights Defense

    The Two Knights has been adopted as Black by many aggressive players including Chigorin and Keres, and World Champions Tal and Boris Spassky.
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    Opposite-colored bishops endgame

    If Fischer had won this game, he would have tied with Boris Spassky for first place in the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup tournament.
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    World Chess Championship 1972

    The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union for the World Chess Championship.
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    Polish Defense

    Boris Spassky played 1.d4 b5 against Tigran Petrosian in the decisive 22nd game of their world championship match in 1966.
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    Triangulation (chess)

    Triangulation can occur in endgames other than king and pawn endgames, such as this game in the 1965 Candidates Tournament, in which future World chess champion Boris Spassky defeated former world champion Mikhail Tal and won the right to challenge the current champion Tigran Petrosian.

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