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- NAME: Boris Vasilyevich Spassky
- OCCUPATION: Chess Player
- BIRTH DATE: January 30, 1937 (Age: 76)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Leningrad, Russia
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius
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Boris Vasilyevich Spassky is a Russian chess master who attained the rank of international grand master in 1955.
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Born January 30, 1937, in Leningrad, Russia, Boris Vasilyevich Spassky is a Russian chess master who attained the rank of international grand master in chess in 1955. After a period of intermittent involvement with the game, he beat Tigran Petrosyan for the world title in 1969. In 1972, Spassky lost it to Bobby Fischer.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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