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  • Re: Boris Spassky RIP

    From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to blueshirt@indigo.news on Thu Feb 27 20:30:25 2025
    On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:02:48 +0000, "Blueshirt"
    <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:


    GM Boris Spassky (1937-2025)

    World Chess Champion 1969-1972


    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/27/russian-chess-grandmaster-boris-spassky-dies-aged-88

    I met him in person at the 1971 Canadian Open when he was standing
    over my board watching me blunder a bishop in very similar
    circumstances to the way Fischer did in game 1 in Reykjavik the
    following year. (My table was on the main aisle leading to the top
    boards - which I was definitely not on)

    It's been 50+ years and I always wondered whether he remembered the disconsolate 14 year old in Vancouver the following year in Reykjavik.
    I've long lost the score sheet but it was a very similar position but
    with colors reversed.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to The Horny Goat on Sat Mar 1 11:56:17 2025
    On Thu, 27 Feb 2025, The Horny Goat wrote:

    On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:02:48 +0000, "Blueshirt"
    <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:


    GM Boris Spassky (1937-2025)

    World Chess Champion 1969-1972


    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/27/russian-chess-grandmaster-boris-spassky-dies-aged-88

    I met him in person at the 1971 Canadian Open when he was standing
    over my board watching me blunder a bishop in very similar
    circumstances to the way Fischer did in game 1 in Reykjavik the
    following year. (My table was on the main aisle leading to the top
    boards - which I was definitely not on)

    It's been 50+ years and I always wondered whether he remembered the disconsolate 14 year old in Vancouver the following year in Reykjavik.
    I've long lost the score sheet but it was a very similar position but
    with colors reversed.


    May he rest in peace!

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  • From Silver Skull@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 1 14:29:40 2025
    Boris Spassky & Gene Hackman - it has been a sad few days. RIP +
    |

    --
    Vive Les Nordiques!

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 27 23:02:48 2025
    GM Boris Spassky (1937-2025)

    World Chess Champion 1969-1972


    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/27/russian-chess-grandmaster-boris-spassky-dies-aged-88

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