Boris Spassky
Boris Spassky
Boris Vasilievich Spasskyis a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. He is the oldest surviving former world champion...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth30 January 1937
CitySaint Petersburg, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
suicide men initiative
A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.
theatre actors chess
We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.
against bobby fought match opponent played producers won
When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally.
Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.
chess mass obviously suit time
On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.