Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

Fischer was an aggressive player said to have an IQ higher than that of Albert Einstein. Chess legends Garry Kasparov (right) and Anatoli Karpov play chess in Valencia, Spain, in September 2009, 25 ...

At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer and another in an unlikely turn of events. By Dylan Loeb McClain When Mr. Spassky, a ...

Fischer was an aggressive player said to have an IQ higher than that of Albert Einstein. In the 1970s and 80s, the un-telegenic, cerebral game came alive to capture headlines and become an instrument ...