Spassky
Americannoun
noun
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At age 10, he followed with keen interest the match in which American grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeated the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky in 1972.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2023
The clock in the Kremlin's Spassky Tower strikes midnight.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2023
In 1992, he won an unofficial rematch against Spassky but ended up facing an arrest warrant for breaking U.N. sanctions on Yugoslavia, where the match was held.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
In the summer 1972, while one era of spaceflight was ending and another beginning, a chess match between Soviet world champion Boris Spassky and American Bobby Fischer was held in Reykjavik.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2022
After the match, Fischer explained that he hadn’t been playing for draws but realized that his three-point lead was enough to win the title, as long as he could prevent Spassky from winning a game.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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