In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilievich and the family name is Spassky.
Boris Spassky
Spassky at the Thessaloniki Olympiad, 1984
Full name
Boris Vasilievich Spassky
Country
Soviet Union (until 1982)
France (1982–2013)[1]
Russia (since 2013)[2]
Born
(1937-01-30) January 30, 1937 (age 87) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title
Grandmaster (1955)
World Champion
1969–1972
FIDE rating
2548 (May 2024) [inactive]
Peak rating
2690 (January 1971)
Peak ranking
No. 2 (January 1971)
Boris Vasilievich Spassky (Russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский, romanized: Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then lost to Bobby Fischer in a famous match in 1972.
Spassky won the Soviet Chess Championship twice outright (1961, 1973), and twice lost in playoffs (1956, 1963), after tying for first place during the event proper. He was a World Chess Championship candidate on seven occasions (1956, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980 and 1985). In addition to his candidates wins in 1965 and 1968, Spassky reached the semi-final stage in 1974 and the final stage in 1977.
Spassky immigrated to France in 1976, becoming a French citizen in 1978. He continued to compete in tournaments but was no longer a major contender for the world title. Spassky lost an unofficial rematch against Fischer in 1992. In 2012, he left France and returned to Russia.
Boris Vasilievich Spassky (Russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский, romanized: Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster...
match against Tigran Petrosian, Fischer won the title match against BorisSpassky of the USSR, in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation...
challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion BorisSpassky of the Soviet Union. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena...
War and culminating in the World Chess Championship 1972 match versus BorisSpassky in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was directed by Edward Zwick and written by...
chessgames.com. "Tigran Petrosian vs BorisSpassky (1966) "Boris Bad and Off"". www.chessgames.com. "BorisSpassky vs Tigran Petrosian (1969) "Taming the...
first Soviet title. BorisSpassky vs. Tal, USSR Championship, Riga 1958, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Sämisch Variation (E26), 0–1. Spassky plays for a win to...
A World Chess Championship was played between Tigran Petrosian and BorisSpassky in Moscow from April 9 to June 9, 1966. Petrosian won. An interzonal...
that the title was not at stake. Fischer–Spassky (1992 match) – rematch between Bobby Fischer and BorisSpassky in Belgrade 20 years after their first match...
1967 Interzonal in Sousse. Both these Candidates cycles were won by BorisSpassky, who lost the title match to Petrosian in 1966, but won and became world...
right to face former champion BorisSpassky in the semifinal round. Karpov was on record saying that he believed Spassky would easily beat him and win...
People BorisSpassky, Soviet chess player and former world champion Igor Spassky, Russian scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur Places Spassky District...
Championship in Leningrad, USSR. Lombardy defeated future world champion BorisSpassky in their individual game. Lombardy won a gold medal for best result...
Mikhail Botvinnik), successfully defended it in 1966 (against BorisSpassky), and lost it to Spassky in 1969. Thus he was the defending World Champion or a World...
Alexander was also a chess master. Geller was coach to World Champions BorisSpassky and Anatoly Karpov. He was also an author. Geller grew up in Odessa...
Tigran Petrosian and BorisSpassky in Moscow from April 14 to June 17, 1969. This was the second consecutive time Petrosian and Spassky played for the world...
Sofia Vergara. The following year he played Russian chess grandmaster BorisSpassky in the Bobby Fisher drama Pawn Sacrifice (2014). Schreiber played The...
Max Euwe, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres, Lajos Portisch, BorisSpassky, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Viktor Korchnoi, Jan Timman, Anatoly...
1972 World Championship match in Reykjavik between Bobby Fischer and BorisSpassky were declared draws because of threefold repetition. The twentieth game...
to develop his new version of chess after the 1992 return match with BorisSpassky. The result was the formulation of the rules of Fischer random chess...
players to win consecutive Candidates, the others being Vasily Smyslov, BorisSpassky, Viktor Korchnoi, and Anatoly Karpov. (Of these, only Smyslov and Nepomniachtchi...
That said, it still sees sporadic use among top level grandmasters. BorisSpassky used it against Vasily Smyslov in a 1960 match, albeit having to settle...
player, BorisSpassky. He won the youth world chess championship and qualified for the Interzonal, where he got his grandmaster's norm. Boris was very...
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