The legendary chess grandmaster was the tenth world champion in a row, and he will be remembered for the clash with Bobby Fischer in the "match of the century" in 1972, which is considered the most followed clash in the history of chess
Legendary Soviet, Russian and French chess Grandmaster Boris Spassky, world champion from 1969 to 1972, died less than a month after his 88th birthday, the Chess Federation of Russia reported.
The president of the association, Andrej Filatov, pointed out that young chess players learned and are still learning at Spassky's games. "A great loss for the country," Filatov added, expressing his condolences to the grandmaster's relatives and friends.
Spassky, who represented France from 1982 to 2013, was the tenth world champion in a row, and until Thursday the oldest living man to hold that title.
Boris Spassky was born on January 30, 1937 in Leningrad. After the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, shortly before the blockade of the city, together with his brother he was evacuated to the village of Korshik in the Kirov region. After returning to Leningrad in 1946, he enrolled in the chess circle of the Leningrad House of Pioneers.
He became a Grandmaster in 1955.
He played for the world title on three occasions - he lost against Tigran Petrosyan in 1966, and he got his revenge three years later, and Spassky is remembered for the duel from 1972.
It was an anthology match in Reykjavik against Bobby Fischer, which is considered the most followed match in the history of chess. The event has since been known as the "Match of the Century", writes Sportklub.
Source: Sportklub
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