In Moscow, they said goodbye to the tenth world champion in chess Boris Spassky
In Moscow, they said goodbye to the tenth world champion in chess Boris Spasski. This was reported by the TASS correspondent.
The mourning ceremony was held in the Preobrazhensky Church near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. It was attended by about 200 people, including the president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich and President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrei Filatov.
Spassky died on February 27 at the 89th year of his life. He was the oldest of the living world chess champions.
Spassky won the title of world chess champion in 1969, defeating the compatriot Tigran Petrosyan. In 1972, he lost to American Robert Fisher in a match for a world chess crown. In 1976, the chess player emigrated to France, in 2012 he returned to Russia and received a Russian passport a year later.
Source: Lenta
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