Boris Spassky

"Chess is like life" 

World Champion 1969-1972 
Born: 1937, Leningrad 
Stamp of Spassky 

Spassky was a player who had a deep love for the game. He played with creativity and often sought to contribute to the theoretical knowledge of chess for others' enjoyment. Spassky developed a tremendous attacking ability and numerous intriguing sacrifices can be found in his games. Spassky first challenged Petrosian for the World Championship in 1966. That first match Spassky lost, but 3 years later he was back. And this time Spassky won. Spassky held his World Championship title for 3 years until a new world leader emerged, Bobby Fischer. 

Morphy  Steinitz  Lasker  Capablanca  Alekhine 
Euwe  Botvinnik  Smyslov  Tal  Petrosian 
Spassky  Fischer  Karpov  Kasparov  Deep Blue 
 
 
 
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