Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen: Chess stages biggest game since Fischer vs Spassky, The Independent

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Fischer vs Spassky – 50 years ago

International Chess Federation on X: The tenth World Chess Champion Boris Spassky has been awarded the title of FIDE Honorary Member. / X

Bobby Fischer and the Match of the Century – I Remember JFK: A Baby Boomer's Pleasant Reminiscing Spot

FIDE - International Chess Federation - Legendary Bobby Fischer would have turned 76 on March, 09 2019. 11th world chess champion, he became grandmaster at 15 and defeated Boris Spassky for the

Douglas Griffin on X: Leningrad, April 1974. Photographed during their FIDE Candidates' semi-final match (which took place at the Dzerzhinsky House of Culture on Poltavskaya Ulitsa) - grandmasters Anatoly Karpov & Boris

1972 FIDE Commemorative Chess Set – World Chess Hall of Fame

Spassky to Bush: Arrest me!

Douglas Griffin on X: Reykjavík 1977. The FIDE Candidates' Quarter-final, between Boris Spassky (USSR) & Vlastimil Hort (ČSSR). This match was something of an epic; it lasted from 27th February until 11th

Why The Match Of The Century Almost Didn't Happen