Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.

It was fought in Iceland and it was a chess match - one between the American Bobby Fischer and the Russian Boris Spassky. "I'm just going to go in there. I'm not going stay up nights worrying.

Associated Press file photo MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War ...

He defeated Tigran Petrosian in a match in Moscow. In 1972, Spassky failed to defend the title, losing to American Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik. In 1972, the chess grandmaster emigrated to France ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary ...