Spassky (masculine) or Spasskaya (feminine) is a common Russian surname, usually of descendants of Russian Orthodox clergymen. The neuter form is Spasskoye. The term may refer to:
People
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess player and former world champion
Igor Spassky, Russian scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur
Places
Spassky District, name of several districts in Russia
Spassky (rural locality) (Spasskaya, Spasskoye), name of several rural localities in Russia
Other
Spasskaya Tower, a tower of the Moscow Kremlin
See also: Spassk and Spas
Topics referred to by the same term
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Boris Vasilievich Spassky (Russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский, romanized: Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster...
challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in...
People Boris Spassky, Soviet chess player and former world champion Igor Spassky, Russian scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur Places Spassky District,...
match against Tigran Petrosian, Fischer won the title match against Boris Spassky of the USSR, in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation...
and culminating in the World Chess Championship 1972 match versus Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was directed by Edward Zwick and written by Steven...
Spassky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name is generally derived from or related to the root "spas"...
The Spasskaya Tower (Russian: Спасская башня, romanized: Spasskaya bashnya), also translated as the Saviour Tower, is the main tower on the eastern wall...
Spassky's projects have included 187 submarines (91 diesel-electric and 96 nuclear) that have been the core of the Soviet and Russian Navy. Spassky has...
Botvinnik), successfully defended it in 1966 (against Boris Spassky), and lost it to Spassky in 1969. Thus he was the defending World Champion or a World...
right to face former champion Boris Spassky in the semifinal round. Karpov was on record saying that he believed Spassky would easily beat him and win the...
first Soviet title. Boris Spassky vs. Tal, USSR Championship, Riga 1958, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Sämisch Variation (E26), 0–1. Spassky plays for a win to avoid...
Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoly Karpov, but lifetime negative scores against...
Spassky in his 1966 World Championship match against Tigran Petrosian (after which the set-up was dubbed the "Hippopotamus" by commentators). Spassky...
Boris Spassky in Moscow from April 14 to June 17, 1969. This was the second consecutive time Petrosian and Spassky played for the world title. Spassky reversed...
features a rare instance of an underpromotion in practical play. In the Spassky Variation, White avoids the Lasker Trap by advancing 4.e4. Although Black...
qualified. The 1974 Candidates Tournament was played as knockout matches. Spassky as the loser of the last championship match and Petrosian as loser of the...
Championship in Leningrad, USSR. Lombardy defeated future world champion Boris Spassky in their individual game. Lombardy won a gold medal for best result on...
World Championship match in Reykjavik between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky were declared draws because of threefold repetition. The twentieth game...
in the Spassky prisoner-of-war camp of Karlag, in Karaganda Oblast, Kazakh SSR. Located at a distance of 45 km (28 mi) from Karaganda, Spassky camp no...
former World Champion Boris Spassky criticized the current emphasis on ratings rather than World Champions. Although Spassky was World Champion during the...
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