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Tablet Magazine
April 3, 2018
The all-time great retreated into obscurity—and, later, derangement—at the age of 32, shortly after refusing to defend his 1972 world championship, which he captured against Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky. Fischer played tantalizingly little high-level chess after 1972, joined a cult for a time, and thenÃâà...
WTOP
April 2, 2018
If Fabiano defeats Magnus this fall, he will become the first American to hold the world title since Fischer beat the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky in their epic match. Fischer's victory set off a wave of interest known as the “Fischer Boom,” attracting thousands of new chess enthusiasts. His achievement wasÃâà...
Chessbase News
March 31, 2018
The first American-born challenger since Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky in 1972 lives in St Louis, which has become a renowned global chess centre hosting inter alia the US championship and an annual elite event in which both Carlsen and Caruana compete. The billionaire Rex SinquefieldÃâà...
The Boston Globe
March 17, 2018
Fischer had been wanted by the US government since 1992 after violating sanctions against Serbia when he played his match vs. Boris Spassky in Belgrade. The Icelandic parliament voted Fischer full citizenship as a way of thanking him for putting Iceland on the map during his 1972 match with Spassky.
Chess.com
March 16, 2018
The recent Chess960 unofficial world championship match between GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura created quite a buzz. The early viewership numbers seem to prove that there's pent-up interest from chess fans to see a unique game that truly begins at move one. Of course it must be said thatÃâà...
Mount Desert Islander
February 28, 2018
The musical is based on the 1972 “Match of the Century” between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. “The story details the U.S.-Soviet cold war struggle envisioned through the dynamics and propaganda of an international chess competition,” said Director EdÃâà...
Broadway World
February 22, 2018
Boris Spassky chess dual. Here the action takes place between 1979 and 1983 in the middle of the cold war which by the use of great projections by Daniel Maloney gives the audience a reminder of what this was like. There are typical Moscow parades of missiles, ads for Ronald Reagan and even anÃâà...
Chessbase News
February 18, 2018
... Alexandrovich (1917-1985), chess player, engineer, Master of Sports of the USSR, member of the championships of the USSR, the RSFSR and Leningrad, Champion of Leningrad. In the early 1960's he participated in the preparation of Boris Spassky. Klaman was buried at the Serafimovskoye cemetery.
Chess.com
February 13, 2018
Nakamura Fischer Random. Missed chances early in the day didn't exactly help Nakamura. | Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. The following game got Carlsen to a decisive 12.5 points vs 8.5 for Nakamura, incidentally the same score with which Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in 1972 in Reykjavik.
Chessbase News
February 6, 2018
... Vladimirovich Dolgov (Jewish Autonomous Region), Petukhov Valery Ivanovich (Primorsky Territory), Palikhata Vladimir Mironovich (Moscow) and Blekhtsin Igor Yakovlevich (St. Petersburg). Mark Glukhovsky was confirmed as Executive Director. Boris Spassky, who recently celebrated his 81st birthday,Ãâà...
Chessbase News
February 6, 2018
In 1966, Petrosian successfully defended his title against Boris Spassky, but in 1969 he lost to Spassky. He then participated in 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1980 in candidate matches, but lost to Bobby Fischer and three times to Victor Korchnoi. Between 1958 and 1978, Petrosian participated with the SovietÃâà...
Wicked Local
December 31, 1999
In the height of the Cold War, an odd character by the name of Bobby Fischer took the world by storm. He won the World Chess Championship in 1972, defeating Boris Spassky of the USSR. Arguably, Fischer's win is one of the greatest of upsets of any contest. Chess was a sport that Soviet playersÃâà...
St. Louis Public Radio
December 31, 1999
American chess fans everywhere are cheering in the streets, as countryman Fabiano Caruana overcame the game's elite grandmasters to win the recently concluded Candidates Tournament in Berlin, Germany. He is now qualified to play world champion Magnus Carlsen for his title in November. It is theÃâà...
CBS News
December 31, 1999
... challenger for the World Championship title. He will face off against reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in November in a 12-game one-on-one match. A U.S. grandmaster hasn't won the title of undisputed champion since 1972, when Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky of the USSR.
