World Chess Championship 1972 : Bobby Fischer Vs Boris Spassky

Magnus Carlsen, 22, is First Western-Born World Chess Champion Since Bobby Fischer - Tablet Magazine

The chess games of Boris Spassky

Olimpiu Di Luppi on X: Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer at the start of one of the games in the epic 1972 world championship match in Reykjavík. / X

FIDE - International Chess Federation - Boris Spassky at the age of 12

Boris Spassky vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, 1969 World Championship Rematch

Interests – Chess House

Douglas Griffin on X: Boris Spassky, FIDE Candidates Tournament, Amsterdam 1956. (Source: #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: FIDE Candidates Tournament, Amsterdam 1956. The mayor with Boris Spassky; Vasily Smyslov looks on. (Source: #chess / X

There's no stopping Magnus Carlsen

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