Boris Spassky, the world chess champion whose career was overshadowed by his loss to Bobby Fischer in the "Match of the Century" in 1972, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era showdown, has died at 88. The match, viewed as a symbolic battle between the ...

The chess player who lost the iconic "Match of the Century" has died, aged 88. Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky took on American Bobby Fischer in the legendary 1972 World Championship final ...