page_title: Boris Spassky
hierarchical_section_title: Boris Spassky
caption_attribution_description: English: Boris Spasski, Chess Olympiad 2008, Photographer Gerhard Hund. Deutsch: Boris Spasski, Schacholympiade 2008, Photo von Gerhard Hund.
context_page_description: Boris Spassky, is a Soviet–French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972.ᵖ³⁸¹
  Spassky won the USSR Chess Championship twice outright, and twice more lost in playoffs. He was a World Chess Championship candidate on seven occasions.
  Boris won the Candidates match series in 1965 and 1968. He played for the world championship three times. Against Tigran Petrosian in 1966 he lost; against Petrosian again in 1969, and against Bobby Fischer in 1972. The match with Fischer in Reykjavik was the most publicised chess match of any time. His loss was subjected to the most rigorous scrutiny by the Soviet central committee for chess, and he was criticised for lack of adequate preparation.
  The second half of his life until recently was lived in France. He has both Russian and French nationality.
context_section_description: Boris Spassky  (born 30 January 1937 in Leningrad), is a Soviet–French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972.ᵖ³⁸¹
  Spassky won the USSR Chess Championship twice outright (1961, 1973), and twice more lost in playoffs (1956, 1963). He was a World Chess Championship candidate on seven occasions (1956, 1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, and 1985).
  Boris won the Candidates match series in 1965 and 1968. He played for the world championship three times. Against Tigran Petrosian in 1966 he lost; against Petrosian again in 1969 (winning), and against Bobby Fischer in 1972 (losing). The match with Fischer in Reykjavik was the most publicised chess match of any time. His loss was subjected to the most rigorous scrutiny by the Soviet central committee for chess, and he was criticised for lack of adequate preparation.
  The second half of his life until recently was lived in France. He has both Russian and French nationality.
caption: Spassky in Dresden, 2008
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