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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian opponent: 'The Europeans haven't understood Trump and Putin'
Exiled former Russian oligarch and opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky at the Warsaw Security Forum, Poland, October 2, 2024. WOJTEK RADWANSKI / AFP Mikhail Khodorkovsky welcomes visitors at ...
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
How many Broadway shows has Mikhail Baryshnikov been in? Mikhail Baryshnikov has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows. How many West End shows has Mikhail Baryshnikov been in? Mikhail Baryshnikov has ...
The Indian Express19d
Boris Spassky, endlessly witty and a free soul, was more than just Fischer’s victim or a Soviet Union foot soldier
Mikhail Botvinnik and Mikhail Tal besides Spassky and Fischer. In that match, Larsen was picked as the top board player over Fischer for the Rest of the World side, while Spassky, as reigning world ...
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Boris Spassky (1937-2025): The first universal player who challenged the Cold War chess order
the enigmatic and mind-boggling Mikhail Tal, nicknamed “the Magician from Riga” (world champion 1960), and Spassky, the first “universal” player of chess. While the greatest players can often be ...
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Viswanathan Anand pens heartfelt tribute to the late Boris Spassky
ALSO READ: Boris Spassky passes away: Chess world pays tribute to former world champion Anand remembered a story about Spassky’s rivalry with Mikhail Tal when they played in the USSR Championship in ...
EL PAÍS English23d
Boris Spassky, the chess player who was a victim of Bobby Fischer but also much more
The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 after a life worthy of the movies ...
India Today23d
Boris Spassky, Russian grandmaster and former chess world champion, dies at 88
In the 1965 Candidates, Spassky defeated Paul Keres, Efim Geller, and Mikhail Tal before losing to Tigran Petrosian in the title clash in Moscow in 1966. Spassky climbed back to the top in the next ...
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Boris Spassky: legendary loser of ‘match of the century’ dies at 88
Having made a strong impression, he found himself in the shadow of another rising figure in Soviet chess, Mikhail Tal, the so-called “Magician of Riga”. It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a ...
CBS News24d
Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Having made a strong impression, he found himself in the shadow of another rising figure in Soviet chess, Mikhail Tal, the so-called "Magician of Riga". It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a ...
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Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Having made a strong impression, he found himself in the shadow of another rising figure in Soviet chess, Mikhail Tal, the so-called "Magician of Riga". It was not until 1961 that Spassky made a ...
Daily Sabah24d
Chess 'match of the century' runner-up Boris Spassky dies at 88
Despite his promise, Spassky found himself overshadowed by another rising Soviet chess star, Mikhail Tal, the so-called "Magician of Riga." It was not until 1961 that Spassky staged a remarkable ...