Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for the competition for Cold War supremacy,

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

The Russian grandmaster was famously defeated by American Bobby Fischer in 1972, at the height of the Cold War Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match of the century at the height of the Cold War,

Fifty years ago, the Cold War was transposed to a chessboard as Bobby Fischer of the United States took on defending world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, who has died aged 88, in a thrilling East-West clash dubbed the "match of the century".

MOSCOW: Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match of the century at the height of the Cold War, has died aged 88, the Chess Federation of Russia said Thursday.