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Elizabeth I: Renaissance Prince – A Biography
Tsar Feodor (and the regent Boris Godunov), as well as Sultan Murad III, will doubtless be new and unfamiliar to many readers. In other areas, Hilton appears strikingly unaware of modern ...
Washington Monthly4d
How Khrushchev Underestimated Kennedy
A veteran correspondent’s memoir reveals the humanity and misjudgment of the Soviet leader who sparked the Cuban Missile ...
Euronews28d
Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky dies at 88
Soviet chess world champion Boris Spassky has died at age 88. It was announced by the Russian Chess Federation that regretted the event as a “great loss for Russia”. Spassky held the title of ...
CBS News27d
Boris Spassky, Soviet-era chess champion who lost "match of the century" to American Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.
Voice of America28d
Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88
Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated at the height of the Cold War, has died at 88, the Russian Chess Federation announced Thursday. "The tenth world champion Boris ...
NPR27d
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.
New York Post28d
Boris Spassky, Russian chess legend and world champion, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 “Match of the Century” against American Bobby Fischer, died Thursday ...
The New York Times29d
Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost ‘Match of the Century,’ Dies at 88
By Dylan Loeb McClain Boris Spassky, the world chess champion whose career was overshadowed by his loss to Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972, died on Thursday in Moscow.
CNN27d
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was ...
The Sun27d
Boris Spassky dead at 88: Russian chess grandmaster who played in ‘match of the century’ dies
FORMER chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died aged 88. The Russian became world champion in 1969. He still held the title as he took part in the "match of the century" against American Bobby ...
New York Post29d
Colorado real estate developer killed at luxury Caribbean resort in targeted ‘hit’ after deaths of close associates: police
Boris Mannsfeld, the eponymous founder of Boris Mannsfeld and Associates, was found lying face down in a pool of blood at the Villas of Cocoplum in Maya Beach, Belize, on Feb. 21, reported ...