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	Boris Spassky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spassky was considered an all-rounder on the chess board, and his "universal style" was a distinct advantage in beating many top Grandmasters.
		Spassky's flexibility of style was the key to his eventual victory over Petrosian by two points in the 1969 World Championship—by adopting Petrosian's negative style.
		Spassky's reign as a world champion only lasted for three years, as he lost to Bobby Fischer of the United States in 1972 in the "Match of the Century".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boris_Spassky (613 words)

	boris spassky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Boris Vasilievich Spassky (born January 30, 1937) is a Russian (former Soviet) chess player and former world champion.
		Spassky was considered an all-rounder on the chess board, and his "universal style" became a distinct advantage in beating many top Grandmasters.
		Again, Spassky's flexibility of style was the key to his eventual victory over Petrosian in the 1969 World Championship--by adopting Petrosian's negative style.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /boris_spassky.html (503 words)

	Match of the Century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spassky's seconds for the match were Efim Geller, Nikolai Krogius and Ivo Nei.
		Spassky continued in the passive style that he had employed in game 1 and which indeed had characterized his play ever since he ascended the chess throne.
		Spassky's seconds were stunned, and Spassky himself refused to leave the board for a long time after the game was over, unable to believe the result.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Match_of_the_Century (1535 words)

	Boris Spassky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spassky was considered an all-rounder on the board and his "universal style" became a advantage in beating many top Grandmasters.
		Spassky lost the match but earned right to challenge Petrosian again three years Again Spassky's flexibility of style was the to his eventual victory over Petrosian in 1969 World Championship--by adopting Petrosian's negative style.
		Spassky's reign as a world champion only for three years as he lost to Bobby Fischer of the United States in 1972 in the " Match of the Century ".
	www.freeglossary.com /Boris_Spassky (587 words)

	Chess Champion of the World Boris Spassky
		In 1953 Spassky made his debut at the International Tournament in Bucharest and took the 4-6-th place (met the requirements for the International Master).
		Spassky won with the score of 12.5 : 10.5 (+ 6, - 4, = 13) and took the highest chess title.
		Spassky lost with the score of 8.5 : 12.5 (+ 3, - 7, = 11).
	www.chessebook.com /history_1.php?chem=spa (173 words)

	Boris Spassky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Boris Vasilievich Spassky (Бори́с Васильевич Спасский) (born January 30, 1937) is a French (formerly Russian or Soviet UnionSoviet) chess player and former World Chess Championshipworld champion/.
		Again, Spassky's flexibility of style was the key to his eventual victory over Petrosian by two points in the 1969 World Championship—by adopting Petrosian's negative style.
		Spassky married a French woman in the 1970's and became a French citizen in 1978.
	www.infothis.com /find/Boris_Spassky (538 words)

	Boris Spassky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spassky was considered an all-rounder on the chess board, and his "universal style" became a distinct advantage in beatingmany top Grandmasters.
		Spassky's reign as a world champion only lasted for three years, as he lost to Bobby Fischer of the United States in 1972 in the " Match of theCentury ".
		The contest took place in Reykjavik, Iceland at the height of the Cold War and consequently was seen assymbolic of the political confrontation.
	www.therfcc.org /boris-spassky-67524.html (444 words)

	Boris Vasiliyevich Spassky
		Boris Vasiliyevich Spassky was born in Leningrad on January 30, 1937.
		Boris Spassky won the 2nd Piatagorsky Cup in Santa Monica, ahead of Fischer in August, 1966.
		Boris Spassky met Bobby Fischer for the world championship in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1972.
	members.tripod.com /HSK_Chess/bspassky.html (706 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Outrage in Russia as Spassky puts name to rabidly anti-Semitic petition
		Boris Spassky, the former chess world champion, has caused uproar in Russia by signing a petition that demands the country's state prosecutor bans a number of Jewish organisations.
		Spassky was among 5,000 Russians who put their name to a letter calling for a ban on all religious and national groups acting on the principles of the Shulchan Aruch, a repository of Jewish law originally written in the 1560s.
		Spassky, who was born in 1937 and learned to play chess at five, became world chess champion in 1969 - a title that he held until 1972, when he was beaten by the American, Bobby Fischer.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/10/wspas10.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/10/ixworld.html (648 words)

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		Because of their son's exceptional gifts, Spassky's family was granted continuous government assistance, which helped to alleviate their poor financial state, and enabling the boy was able to graduate from the University of Leningrad.
		Perhaps Spassky's most crushing moment was his bitter defeat by Fischer in 1972, when he lost with a core of 8.5 to 12.5.
		Spassky will most certainly be remembered as a chess player of extraordinary talent, possessed of strategic and tactical daring combined with a keen psychological sense.
	www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?sport=chess&ID=7 (241 words)

	Iversen Lapp on Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Boris Vassiljevic Spassky is an example of the chess support given to youngsters in the former USSR.
		Spassky, throughout his career, was polite, elegant, cultured and highly intelligent.
		Spassky, the reigning World Champ, could have left and retained his title, but he waited for Fischer because he wanted to win on the chess board.
	www.brainsturgeon.com /iversen/000722.htm (157 words)

	AllRefer.com - Boris Spassky (Games And Hobbies, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A child prodigy, he became an international master at the age of 16 and in 1955, at age 18, he became an international grand master.
		Subsequently, in international matches his success was somewhat erratic, and in late 1960 Soviet officials removed Spassky temporarily from the international team.
		He continued to play in USSR championships, however, and subsequently twice won the right to challenge world champion Tigran Petrosian for the international title, defeating him in 1969.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Spassky.html (201 words)

	Why Fischer’s foe became friend - [Sunday Herald] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Boris Spassky, the Russian-born chess champion whose 1972 defeat by Fischer was one of the classic battles of the cold war, has declared solidarity with his old rival and challenged the US president to lock them away in the same prison cell with just a chess set.
		Spassky’s letter, dated August 7 and addressed to George W Bush, is written in the Russian’s excellent English.
		Spassky, supported by the might of the Soviet chess machine, was far more gentlemanly, and dramatically led the applause for his victorious opponent.
	www.sundayherald.com /44086 (817 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spassky was a player who had a deep love for the game.
		Spassky developed a tremendous attacking ability and numerous intriguing sacrifices can be found in his games.
		Spassky held his World Championship title for 3 years until a new world leader emerged, Bobby Fischer.
	library.thinkquest.org /10746/spassky.html?tqskip1=1 (85 words)

	Boris Spassky - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spassky was a reformer, and innovator, a rarity in those days.
		Spassky was a popular leader, easing off the old policy of abrupt and random execution.
		Spassky was mentally ill for the final 5 years of his life, which many believe was the reason he named Anatoly Karpov his successor, as they were sworn enemies before this.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Boris_Spassky (287 words)

	Boris Spassky - ChessOutpost Champion #1
		Had Boris simply not allowed game 3 to be played on Fischer's terms, and simply requested the game be played under the rules agreed upon, I doubt another game would have ever been played.
		I think initially too, that since the countries were at the height of tensions during the Cold War, the USSR also wanted Boris to crush Fischer, which would have put a stamp on their claim to intellectual superiority.
		Boris Spassky played the toughest match in World Championship history, and came out on the short end of the score ONLY.
	www.chessoutpost.com /spassky.htm (709 words)

	10th World Chess Champion Boris Spassky Visits the United States
		As the special guests of Jerry and Fran Weikel the tournament organizers, Boris Spassky and his wife, Marina from Meudon, France were the center of attention during the Western States Open Chess Tournament in Reno, Nevada in October.
		Boris admitted in his Sunday evening lecture that he was prepared for Fischer to play something else.
		The global chess community is fortunate to have Boris Spassky act as an ambassador who continues to contribute to the history and aura of the game by providing his retrospective interpretation of events most of us only read about in newspapers or magazines.
	www.chess-now.com /BorisSpasskyVisit.htm (1080 words)

	Robert James Fischer vs Boris Spassky (1972)
		To lose with his favorite opening system had to be a terrible set-back, despite the fact that Spassky (later) claimed that it did not really adversely affect him.
		It is possible that Spassky had a tendency to overestimate the importance of a strong pawn centre, but the positional weakness that develops in the game seems very glaring - Boleslavsky is said to have called it 'positional capitulation'.
		Presumably Spassky didn't prepare heavily in the Tartakower for the Fischer match, but you'd think he'd have gotten to work on the line anyway after the Furman-Geller game if he thought Bb5 was any good.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1044366 (1809 words)

	Boris Spassky
		Boris Vasilievich Spassky was born in 1937 in Leningrad, Russia.
		In 1972 American Bobby Fischer challenged Spassky for the title of World Champion which was held in Reykjavik, Iceland.
		After this match Spassky continued to play at top level and won the 1973 Soviet championship and other international tournaments.
	www.chesscorner.com /worldchamps/spassky/spassky.htm (210 words)

	Grand Strategy 60 games by Boris Spassky - Jan van Reek
		Great games by Boris Spassky are annotated with a view to instructing the reader on matters of struggle and prophylaxis.
		Spassky's games provide rich material for understanding methods of attack in the centre or on the flank, and encirclement, as well as the prophylactic plans: restraint, consolidation and counterattack.
		Spassky contributed some hitherto unpublished analysis and comments on Van Reek's analytical suggestions.
	www.chess.it /libri/4918.htm (232 words)

	NYCHESSKIDS: Boris Spassky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spassky learned chess at age five, and was a chess prodigy by age 11.
		For awhile, Spassky seemed to be a champion in good form.
		After his loss to Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik, however, he seemed to lose heart, and his play became spotty at best.
	www.nychesskids.com /files/Spassky.htm (136 words)

	Spassky, Boris on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The clash of champions: How odd Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in world-chess war at Reykjavik.
		Bobby Fisher (g) face à Boris Spassky en 1992 à Belgrade L'Américain Bobby Fischer, considéré par beaucoup comme le joueur.
		Match of the century; In 1972, when Bobby Fischer challenged the Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, the game competed for headlines with the Watergate scandal and Vietnam - and its repercussions reverberated...
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Spassky.asp (489 words)

	Boris Spassky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He also tackled the hyperpoliticized world of Russian chess World Champion Boris Spassky on the eve of his match with Bobby Fischer.
		It was opened by Boris Spassky, the Russian-born grandmaster who had defeated and replaced Petrosian as world champion in 1969.
		Fischer's victory over the Soviet champion Boris Spassky to win the world championship was seen as a symbolic victory for the West that catalyzed interest in...
	boris-spassky.wikiverse.org (599 words)

	Echecs - Biographies de Spassky (Boris) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Puis, brusquement, alors que tout le monde lui prédisait un bel avenir, Spassky est oublié, éclipsé par la montée en puissance de Tal.
		Après un petit passage à vide, Spassky remporte le championnat d'URSS en 1961.
		Spassky se désintéressa alors progressivement des échecs, cherchant plus à profiter de la vie qu'à reconquérir le titre mondial.
	www.lesechecs.be /pages/spassky.php (280 words)

	The chess games of Boris Spassky
		Boris Vasilievich Spassky was born January 30, 1937 in Leningrad, USSR, and in 1943 he escaped from the siege of Leningrad by the Nazi forces in World War Two.
		Spassky's style of play can be described best as lively and adaptable; this produced many brilliant victories, the most famous of which was in 1960 against
		It's not Fischer's fault that he didn't play anyone of that caliber, and it's not his fault that Spassky's will was not as strong or consistent.
	www.chessgames.com /player/boris_spassky.html (1808 words)

	GrandMaster Square >>> Interview with GM Spassky
		Our interview happened in late November, when Boris Vassilievich visited Kilkenny (he is Honorary President of the Kilkenny Chess Club).
		Boris Vassilievich, my first question is very general: obviously chess of the 50s, 60s and the 70s is rather different to the modern chess.
		This interview was conducted by Alexander Baburin on the 26th of November 2000 in Kilkenny, Ireland and translated into English by the author.
	www.gmsquare.com /interviews/spassky.html (975 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Boris Spassky
		Spassky, Boris, born in 1937, Ukrainian-born chess player, who became an international grandmaster in 1955 and was world champion from 1969 to 1972....
		Semifinal matches were played in 1992 in the competition to determine the next challenger for champion Gary Kasparov's world chess title.
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	encarta.msn.com /Boris_Spassky.html (136 words)

	Knightmove.net - Free Robert James Fischer! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fischer broke those laws by playing against former rival Boris Spassky in a rematch that took place in Yugoslavia in December 1992.
		Boris Spassky and Robert James Fischer in Reykjavik, Iceland 1972
		Since his arrest in Japan big part of the chess community all over the world have risen to his defense and asked for his pardon.
	www.knightmove.net /spasskyonfischer.html (515 words)

	World Champion - Boris Spassky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spassky learned to play chess in a children's home when he was evacuated during World War 2.
		He became international master in 1953, and junior world champion in 1955.
		In 1992 they held a re-match in the former Yugoslavia, playing part in Montenegro and part in Serbia; Fischer defeated Spassky in both sections.
	www.chessindia.org /WorldChampions_files/boris_spassky.html (160 words)

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