Boris Spassky: References & Edit History
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Bernard Cafferty, Spassky’s 100 Best Games, 3rd ed. (1979), is the best-games collection covering Spassky’s career.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 23, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88. | Nov 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Spassky vs Fischer: How the chess battle became a theatre event. | May 10, 2025 | ||
| Noted that he died on February 27, 2025. | Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Feb 23, 2023 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Aug 11, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chess Player - Biography of Boris Vasilyevich Spassky. | Jun 25, 2018 | ||
| Deleted cross-reference to a blog post. | Aug 19, 2014 | ||
| Added photograph. | May 31, 2013 | ||
| Image added. | Jan 21, 2010 | ||
| Updated with details of Spassky's 1992 rematch with Fischer. | Jan 21, 2010 | ||
| Added the annotated games from the Fischer-Spassky world championship match in 1972. | Nov 14, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 02, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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