Boris Spassky

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Grandmaster
gptkb:International_Master
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Badge_of_Honour
gptkb:Order_of_Friendship
gptkbp:awardYear 1955
gptkbp:birthDate 1937-01-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Leningrad
gptkbp:children gptkb:Vasili_Spassky
gptkbp:defeatedBy gptkb:Bobby_Fischer
gptkbp:education gptkb:Leningrad_State_University
gptkbp:FIDE_ID 4100018
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Boris Spassky
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:notableAchievement World Chess Champion (1969–1972)
defeated Tigran Petrosian for World Championship
lost World Championship to Bobby Fischer (1972)
played in 10 Chess Olympiads for USSR
played in 8 Candidates Tournaments
won USSR Chess Championship (1961, 1973)
youngest Soviet chess champion (1956)
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Mikhail_Tal
gptkb:Bobby_Fischer
gptkb:Anatoly_Karpov
gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1956
gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_1969
gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_1972
gptkb:USSR_Chess_Championship
gptkbp:notableGame gptkb:Spassky_vs._Fischer,_1972_World_Chess_Championship
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Vladimir_Kramnik
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:chess_player
gptkbp:residence gptkb:France
gptkbp:residesIn gptkb:Leningrad
gptkb:Moscow
gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Larisa_Spasskaya
gptkb:Marina_Shcherbachova
gptkb:Nadezhda_Spasskaya
gptkbp:title gptkb:Grandmaster
gptkbp:worldChampionEndYear 1972
gptkbp:worldChampionOf chess
gptkbp:worldChampionStartYear 1969
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:chess_player
gptkb:Bobby_Fischer
gptkb:Robert_Fischer
gptkb:Pawn_Sacrifice
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5