Soviet chess legend Spassky dies aged 88

Boris Spassky

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 on Thursday in Moscow aged 88.

The death of the one-time chess prodigy was announced by the International Chess Federation. No cause of death was given.

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