Boris Spassky
publication date: Sunday, August 23, 2015 (part of Summer 2015)
category: Competitions
clue: This Soviet champ lost his cool in Iceland.
explanation: Spassky was a reigning chess world champion until he was defeated by Bobby Fischer in Iceland, resigning the final game. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, and Stan Iwanchuk
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