World Chess Championship 1972 - Wikipedia

Olimpiu Di Luppi on X: Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer at the start of one of the games in the epic 1972 world championship match in Reykjavík. / X

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

Boris Spassky - Best Of Chess

Spassky, Boris

chess24.com on X: Happy 86th Birthday to the 10th World Champion Boris Spassky! / X

Unique 1974 Chess FIDE Poster signed by Boris Spassky and Robert Byrne in PR.

50 years ago today: Fischer-Spassky, game six

FIDE World Fischer Random Championship: Group stage ready to begin

There's no stopping Magnus Carlsen

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