Former world champion died
Chess legend Boris Spasski is dead
The chess world mourns the loss of Boris Spasski. The former world champion from Russia has died. Due to a defeat, he became world famous.
The Russian chess legend Boris Spasski died at the age of 88. This was announced by the Russian Chess Association and the European Chess Union.
“We have gone a great personality, generations of chess players have learned from his games and work and are still learning. A big loss for the country,” said the President of the Chess Association of Russia, Andrej Filatow.
Defeat made fun of fun world
Spasski was world champion from 1969 to 1972. His elegant style was praised, with which he won many spectacular victories. Only a defeat made the chess wholesaler world famous. In the “Fight of the Systems” he lost the legendary match against the American Bobby Fischer in 1972 in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik and thus also the World Cup title.
Spasski was born on January 30, 1937 in Leningrad (today St. Petersburg). In 1976 he emigrated to France. He only returned to his home country in 2012. After the death of Wassili Smyslow in 2010, Spasski was the oldest living chess world champion.
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Source: Stern
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