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Boylston Chess Club Weblog (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
In the mid 70's I poured over all the Boris Spassky's games I could find, and noticed the repeating pattern with white used by Spassky when using his dark squared (king side) Bishop. This bishop would eventually get on the c2-h7 diagonal and deliver the knock out. In the Ruy it would travel from f1 to b5, to a4, to c2. And somehow whether the opening was Queen's Gambit, or Torre, or whatever, this...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 15/06/2008
Chess by Larry Evans: What Bobby Fischer lost June 15, 2008 Bobby Fischer wrested the title of World Chess Champion from Boris Spassky in 1972 at age 29, but his refusal to defend it against Anatoly Karpov in 1975 was disastrous. Most fans expected him to win and wondered if he was crazy for spurning millions to play Karpov in a match. Everyone was disappointed. His colleagues were bitter because...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
After The « Match des Légendes » between Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov, after The « Match des Espoirs » between Teimur Radjabov and Magnus Carlsen here we are again in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica This time, it's a confrontation between Etienne Bacrot and Vladislav Tkachiev in The « Match des Champions ». Étienne Bacrot (born in 1983). He became a Grandmaster in March 1997 at the age of 14 years and...
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The Closet Grandmaster (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
When asked by a reporter if her ever regretted devoting his life to chess, Boris Spassky was reportedly tight-lipped telling the reporter, "Ask second question, please". Yesterday, the UK's Guardian paper published a brief portrait of the ex-World Champion (1969-'72). There must have been times in his career when the former world chess champion Boris Spassky, something of a rebel within the
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
Portrait of the artist as a grand master May 26, 2008 Hay festival 2008: Perhaps he lacked the killer instinct of his rival Bobby Fischer, but Boris Spassky played chess as a beautiful game There must have been times in his career when the former world chess champion Boris Spassky , something of a rebel within the old Soviet chess establishment, feared being packed off to Siberia. At Hay, he finally...
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British Blogs (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
image:sueannwatson.blogspot.com Click HERE for the British Antarctic Survey-site. Chess champ takes on 20 opponents at Hay May 25 2008 Media Wales Former chess grandmaster Boris Spassky will today take on 20 opponents simultaneously – including one in Antarctica. Spassky will take up the challenge at the Hay Festival, in mid Wales. And, with Antarctica 8,000 miles away, it will be the longest distance...
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 26/05/2008
London, May 26 (ANI): Former world chess champion Boris Spassky is gearing up to take on 20 opponents simultaneously in a live match at the Hay Festival in Antartica. Among the 20 challengers will be Ian MacNab, based at the Rothera Research Station, comedian Dom Joly and Liberal Democrat AM Peter Black. MacNab, a field assistant with [...]
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 25/05/2008
Chess champ takes on 20 opponents at Hay May 25 2008 Media Wales Former chess grandmaster Boris Spassky will today take on 20 opponents simultaneously – including one in Antarctica. Spassky will take up the challenge at the Hay Festival, in mid Wales. And, with Antarctica 8,000 miles away, it will be the longest distance live chess match ever attempted. Spassky's on-line opponent on the continent...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 25/05/2008
Ex-world chess champion Boris Spassky takes on a scientist in Antarctica and 19 other challengers.
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
Boris Spassky will award the winner in the children's tournament M-Tel Masters Junior (Sofia, 12 May 2008) The 10th chess World Champion Boris Spassky will award the winner in the children's chess tournament M-Tel Мasters Junior on 17 May in Sofia. Spassky will hand the winner his award - a laptop computer. The legendary chess player arrives in Sofia on 13 May with a flight from Paris at 14:05 local...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
AM's Spassky Hay chess challenge He may try to make shrewd political moves, but Welsh Assembly Member Peter Black could be facing checkmate. The Liberal Democrat AM for South West Wales is among 20 challengers to face former world chess champion Boris Spassky at the Hay Festival. Mr Black, who used to be in his university chess team, will be raising money for charity. The Russian famously lost the...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
AM Peter Black is to try to outwit former world champion Boris Spassky in a special game at the Hay Festival.
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
AM to take on former chess champ Spassky May 8 2008 by Robin Turner, Western Mail SWANSEA-BASED South West Wales AM Peter Black is to pit his wits against former world chess champion Boris Spassky later this month. The AM will play the star for charity on May 25 at Booth’s Bookshop in Hay-on-Wye. Mr Black said: “I will be one of 20 people taking part in a simultaneous chess display against Mr Spassky.”...
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Liberal England (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
They called Fischer vs Spassky the "Match of the Century" - until now. Lib Dem AM Peter Black is taking on former world chess champion Boris Spassky at Booth's bookshop in Hay-on-Wye on 25 May. Spassky is giving a simultaneous display, playing 20 opponents at once. I once drew with Nigel Short in such circumstances, though he was only 14 at the time. The display is being put on for charity, and Peter...
