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- noun Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
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Examples
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Spassky is giving a simultaneous display, playing 20 opponents at once.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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When Fischer wavered about flying to Iceland to compete, Henry Kissinger personally called him to persuade him to face Spassky.
Dan Lybarger: The Search Is Over: Liz Garbus on Bobby Fischer Against the World Dan Lybarger 2011
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His takedown of world champion Boris Spassky from the Soviet Union in 1972 grabbed more headlines and more airtime than a little break-in at the Watergate Hotel.
Dan Lybarger: The Search Is Over: Liz Garbus on Bobby Fischer Against the World Dan Lybarger 2011
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Your film is coming out almost a week after Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic has been arrested for taking part in the genocide that occurred while Fischer was playing in the chess showdown with Boris Spassky in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1992.
Dan Lybarger: The Search Is Over: Liz Garbus on Bobby Fischer Against the World Dan Lybarger 2011
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This is sort of a David and Goliath story because Boris Spassky had come into this from a pretty pampered background, and you provide many examples in the film of how Fischer came from anything but that.
Dan Lybarger: The Search Is Over: Liz Garbus on Bobby Fischer Against the World Dan Lybarger 2011
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When Fischer wavered about flying to Iceland to compete, Henry Kissinger personally called him to persuade him to face Spassky.
Dan Lybarger: The Search Is Over: Liz Garbus on Bobby Fischer Against the World Dan Lybarger 2011
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Featuring the photography of Harry Benson going back to the historic 1972 match in Iceland when Fischer played the Russian master Boris Spassky, the film shows how Fischer made chess famous as a pastime and sport, even for those who never played, and is also fascinating for the wife of a chess player with issues.
Regina Weinreich: Bobby Fischer: Against the World, and Against Me Regina Weinreich 2011
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This is sort of a David and Goliath story because Boris Spassky had come into this from a pretty pampered background, and you provide many examples in the film of how Fischer came from anything but that.
Dan Lybarger: The Search Is Over: Liz Garbus on Bobby Fischer Against the World Dan Lybarger 2011
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Featuring the photography of Harry Benson going back to the historic 1972 match in Iceland when Fischer played the Russian master Boris Spassky, the film shows how Fischer made chess famous as a pastime and sport, even for those who never played, and is also fascinating for the wife of a chess player with issues.
Regina Weinreich: Bobby Fischer: Against the World, and Against Me Regina Weinreich 2011
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His takedown of world champion Boris Spassky from the Soviet Union in 1972 grabbed more headlines and more airtime than a little break-in at the Watergate Hotel.
Dan Lybarger: The Search Is Over: Liz Garbus on Bobby Fischer Against the World Dan Lybarger 2011
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