Boris Gelfand vs Pavel Eljanov

Boris Spassky on Bobby Fischer

On this day in 1972, Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky 12½-8½ in Reykjavík to become the 11th world chess champion. : r/chess

FIDE - International Chess Federation - The tenth World Chess Champion Boris Spassky turns 84 today. ♟️ Spassky defeated Tigran Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion and lost the title to

Boris Spassky vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, 1969 World Championship Rematch

Spassky: “I knew the openings badly”

Can Spassky still beat someone who is rated about 2200 FIDE? - Quora

FIDE - International Chess Federation - One of the most charismatic world champions and the oldest living one, legendary Boris Spassky turns 86 today! Spassky held the title from 1969 to 1972

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

There's no stopping Magnus Carlsen

Chess pieces of history: Board in 1972 battle up for auction