Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88

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Reigning chess world champion Boris Spassky, left, of Russia, and international grandmaster Bobby Fischer of the United States, are seen during a game at the XIX World Chess Olympiad in Siegen, Germany, Sept. 20, 1970.

A televised 1972 match between Spassky and Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the “Match of the Century.”

(Image credit: Heinz Ducklau)

A televised 1972 match between Spassky and Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the “Match of the Century.”