Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries. Gov. Abbott said he is proud the Texas House has the ...

This time she stayed at a luxury hotel instead of Fischer’s friend’s house. And this time, it was all business: Fischer was to face Spassky again, 20 years after their famous first match.

One of the conundrums of the 1972 chess explosion was Richard Nixon's failure to invite Bobby Fischer to the White House. Fischer, of course, had dealt an embarrassing blow to Soviet chess ...