The expulsion follows a systemic campaign of coercion and harassment against UK diplomats in Moscow as "rogue state" Russia ...

who died that year and was buried in a small cemetery in Iceland. "Do you think that the neighboring spot is available?" ...

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention ...

Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era ...

His 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer is considered one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well ...

The Russian grandmaster signed a “rabidly antisemitic petition” in 2005, and shortly thereafter, sought to distance himself from it.

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.

The Soviet-era former chess prodigy, who played in “one of the most iconic” games in history against American Bobby Fischer ...

died Feb. 27 in Moscow. He was 88. His death was announced by the Chess Federation of Russia, which did not cite a cause. The “Match of the Century,” in Iceland, harnessed the drama of the ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...