spassky
IPA: spˈæski
noun
- russian chess master who moved to paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
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Examples of "spassky" in Sentences
- Boris Spassky was a Soviet chess grandmaster who became the World Chess Champion in 1969
- Many consider Spassky to be one of the greatest chess players of all time
- Spassky's famous match against Bobby Fischer in 1972 is still widely studied by chess enthusiasts
- The Spassky Defense, named after the grandmaster himself, is a popular opening in chess
- Despite his achievements, Spassky eventually retired from competitive chess in the late 1980s
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