Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 30. Januar 1937 |
Geburtsort | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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Beschreibung | Boris Vasilievich Spassky (Russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский, tr. Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then lost to Bobby Fischer in a famous match in 1972. |
The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.
