The board is set, the pieces are moving but this epic battle takes place between two countries in "Chess," opening at Ovation Theatre. Local audiences may not be familiar with this musical but they're ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ...

Boris Spassky, Soviet Chess Champion Who Lost Famed Cold War-Era Match to Bobby Fischer, Dies at 88 MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American ...

The televised 1972 match with Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the “Match of the Century.” When Fischer won the international chess ...

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.

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, has died in Moscow Credit ...