{"id":248331,"date":"2025-02-27T23:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T23:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/boris-spassky-chess-champion-who-lost-match-of-the-century-dies-at-88\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T23:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T23:12:05","slug":"boris-spassky-chess-champion-who-lost-match-of-the-century-dies-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/boris-spassky-chess-champion-who-lost-match-of-the-century-dies-at-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost \u2018Match of the Century,\u2019 Dies at 88"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boris Spassky, the world chess champion whose career was overshadowed by his loss to Bobby Fischer in the \u201cMatch of the Century\u201d in 1972, died on Thursday in Moscow. He was 88. <\/p>\n

His death was announced by the International Chess Federation, the game\u2019s governing body, which did not cite a cause. He had been sick for a long time, having suffered a major stroke in 2010 that left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

Arkady Dvorkovich, the president of the federation, which is also known as FIDE, said in a statement: \u201cHe was not only one of the greatest players of the Soviet era and the world, but also a true gentleman. His contributions to chess will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Spassky had noteworthy accomplishments as a player, but the politics of the match with Mr. Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, and the media attention focused on it, reduced both of them to mere pawns in a wider drama.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n