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Spassky

American

[spas-kee, spah-skee] / ˈspæs ki, ˈspɑ ski /

noun

Boris (Vasilyevich) born 1937, Russian chess player.

Spassky British

/ ˈspaskij, ˈspæskɪ /

noun

Boris (baˈris). born 1937, Russian chess player; world champion (1969–72)

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World chess champion Bobby Fischer died in 2008 in which city where he defeated Boris Spassky for the championship title in 1972?

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2024

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

Fischer would go on to win the 1972 World Chess Championship, beating the Soviet player Boris Spassky.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022

Former World Champion Boris Spassky once said that he dreamt about chess, and David Bronstein, a World Championship candidate, talked about playing whole games in his sleep—ones he could reproduce the next morning.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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