Boris Spassky

1937– Soviet Union / France World Champion 1969–1972

World champion 1969–1972, the great universal player who could attack like Tal and grind like Petrosian. He applauded Fischer's Game 6 in Reykjavik from his own side of the board — one of sport's most graceful gestures in defeat.

2,230games
713won · 32%
1,300drawn · 58%
217lost · 10%
1952–2009span

Games in the Archive

2,230 games
1-0 Klaman, Konstantin vs Boris Spassky 1955 · URS-ch sf · Indian Defense: Knights Variation The Soviet School 1-0 Boris Spassky vs Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich 1955 · URS-ch sf · Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation The Soviet School ½-½ Boris Spassky vs Ragozin, Viacheslav 1955 · URS-ch sf · Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack The Soviet School ½-½ Boris Spassky vs Taimanov, Mark E 1955 · URS-ch sf · Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation, Nightingale Gambit The Soviet School 1-0 Boris Spassky vs Taimanov, Mark E 1955 · URS-ch22 · Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Norwegian Variation The Soviet School ½-½ Boris Spassky vs Petrosian, Tigran V 1955 · URS-ch22 · Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation The Soviet School 1-0 Boris Spassky vs Kortschnoj, Viktor 1955 · URS-ch22 · Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation The Soviet School ½-½ Boris Spassky vs Keres, Paul 1955 · URS-ch22 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation The Soviet School ½-½ Boris Spassky vs Kan, Ilia Abramovich 1955 · URS-ch22 · Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation The Soviet School 1-0 Boris Spassky vs Averbakh, Yuri L 1955 · URS-ch22 · King's Gambit Accepted: Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation The Soviet School 1-0 Furman, Semen Abramovich vs Boris Spassky 1955 · URS-ch22 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense The Soviet School ½-½ Mikenas, Vladas vs Boris Spassky 1955 · URS-ch22 · Queen's Indian Defense: Riumin Variation The Soviet School ½-½ Lisitsin, Georgy vs Boris Spassky 1955 · URS-ch22 · King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense The Soviet School ½-½ Ilivitzki, Georgi A vs Boris Spassky 1955 · URS-ch22 · Zukertort Opening The Soviet School 0-1 Sherbakov, Vitaly S vs Boris Spassky 1955 · URS-ch22 · Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation, Traditional Line The Soviet School 0-1 Geller, Efim P vs Boris Spassky 1955 · URS-ch22 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation The Soviet School 1-0 Boris Spassky vs Antoshin, Vladimir S 1955 · URS-ch22 · Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation The Soviet School 1-0 Borisenko, Georgy K vs Boris Spassky 1955 · URS-ch22 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation The Soviet School 0-1 Simagin, Vladimir vs Boris Spassky 1955 · URS-ch22 · English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Wimpy System The Soviet School ½-½ Boris Spassky vs Flohr, Salo 1955 · URS-ch22 · Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Steinitz Variation, Exchange Variation The Soviet School 1-0 Boris Spassky vs Filip, Miroslav 1955 · Gothenburg Interzonal · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation The Soviet School 0-1 Boris Spassky vs Kotov, Alexander 1955 · URS-ch22 · Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense The Soviet School 1-0 Boris Spassky vs Mikhail Tal 1956 · URS-ch23 · King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation The Soviet School 0-1 Vasily Smyslov vs Boris Spassky 1956 · Candidats Tournament · English Opening: Agincourt Defense The Soviet School