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On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:02:48 +0000, "Blueshirt"
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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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