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RIP Boris Spassky

AddicksAddict
AddicksAddict Posts: 15,779
in Other Football and Sports
For those of us around at the time, the Fischer-Spassky match of 1972 generated coverage of chess unlike anything seen before, and it contributed to, even caused, an explosion of interest in this country that lead to England being the second best in the world in the 1980s.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/28/boris-spassky-obituary

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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    The world was captivated by it at the time.

    RIP Boris.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,753
    Fischer and Spassky almost made chess sexy

    RIP
  • Gisappointed
    Gisappointed Posts: 985
    King gets toppled!!!

  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,664
    1972 was a very interesting year 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,347
    RIP
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    RIP Boris.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,409
    He’s checked out. 
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,140
    RIP
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,779
    Valiantphil said:
    He’s checked out. 
    Was he Russian?  Well, he wasn’t Czech, mate. 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    RIP Spassky
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  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Boris Spassky warned the world in his book 'Winter is coming' about the Czar in the KGB and wouldn't brown nose the tyranical, murdering, Cheating, lying cock womble Putin.

    If Spassky was British he would've been knighted and lived in a castle and been superior to Kings and Bishops who are basically yes men and pawns to the system. A cerebral Brain like Boris would've been a great friend.

    Boris Spassky, RIP after your final move, Mate.

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