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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:chess_match
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:chess_match
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gptkbp:active_years
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1955-present
1949-2012
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gptkbp:age
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86
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Order_of_Lenin
gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1937
January 30, 1937
1937-01-30
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Leningrad
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Leningrad,_Russia
Leningrad, Soviet Union
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gptkbp:born
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January 30, 1937
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gptkbp:career_start
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gptkb:1949
gptkb:1955
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gptkbp:championship
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gptkb:1969
gptkb:1972
gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1965
gptkb:chess_match
World Chess Champion 1969
1955 Soviet Championship
Moscow 1955
1955 USSR Championship
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gptkbp:chess_opening
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gptkb:1960
gptkb:Sicilian_Defense
gptkb:1970
gptkb:Historical_Society
gptkb:My_Great_Predecessors
opening strategies
Boris Spassky: My Chess Career
participated in 10 Olympiads
flexible play
icon of chess history
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gptkbp:coaching_career
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gptkb:battle
coached several players
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gptkbp:community
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gptkb:Soviet_school_of_chess
formal training
Boris Spassky: The World Champion Who Defied Fischer
Boris Spassky: The World Champion
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gptkbp:contributed_to
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chess literature
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gptkbp:death_date
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gptkb:alive
still alive
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gptkbp:defeated
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gptkb:Bobby_Fischer
gptkb:Euwe
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gptkbp:ends_at
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gptkb:Spassky_vs._Petrosian
highly regarded
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gptkbp:events
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gptkb:classical
gptkb:Fischer
gptkb:Moscow_Tournament_1961
gptkb:Spassky_vs._Tal_1969
gptkb:Candidates_Tournament
gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1965
gptkb:chess_match
flexible
International Grandmaster
aggressive
Candidates Tournaments
known for tactical play
first to win world title in a match against an American
famous for tactical play
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gptkbp:faced
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gptkb:Mikhail_Tal
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gptkbp:famous_for
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gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_1972
gptkb:1969_World_Championship
gptkb:chess_match
dynamic play
world championship match against Fischer
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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Chess is a war over the board.
Chess is everything.
I have always believed that chess is a game of the mind.
" Chess is a war over the board."
" Chess is everything: art, science, and sport."
" Chess is everything. Art, science, and sport."
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gptkbp:federation
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gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Russian_Chess_Federation
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gptkbp:full_name
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gptkb:Boris_Vasilievich_Spassky
gptkb:Boris_Spassky
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gptkbp:has_title
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gptkb:Boris
gptkb:Spassky
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gptkbp:head_coach
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young players
coached by Mikhail Botvinnik
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gptkbp:highest_point
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gptkb:1970
2560
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Spassky
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gptkbp:influence
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gptkb:Soviet_chess_school
strategic play
chess diplomacy
Popularized chess globally
Popularized chess in the Soviet Union
popularized chess in the Soviet Union
Soviet chess scene
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gptkbp:influenced
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modern chess
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Mikhail_Botvinnik
gptkb:Alexander_Alekhine
gptkb:Botvinnik
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Mikhail_Tal
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gptkbp:known_for
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gptkb:chess_match
strategic play
dynamic play
chess matches
his matches against Bobby Fischer
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gptkbp:legacy
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chess history
Influenced many players
one of the last classical champions
universal chess style
universal style of play
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gptkbp:media_appearances
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Subject of documentaries
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:Author
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gptkbp:nickname
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Boris the Great
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gptkbp:notable_achievement
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gptkb:chess_match
World Chess Champion 1969
World Champion from 1969 to 1972
defeated Bobby Fischer
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Paul_Keres
gptkb:Bobby_Fischer
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:World_Championship_1972
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gptkbp:notable_for
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dynamic play
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gptkbp:notable_games
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gptkb:Spassky_vs._Fischer_1972
gptkb:Spassky_vs_Fischer_1972
gptkb:Spassky_vs._Petrosian
gptkb:Spassky_vs._Fischer
Spassky vs. Reshevsky, 1960
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gptkbp:notable_match
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gptkb:Spassky_vs._Fischer_1972
gptkb:1972_World_Chess_Championship
gptkb:1972_World_Championship
gptkb:Spassky_vs_Petrosian_1966
gptkb:Spassky_vs._Petrosian
gptkb:Spassky_vs._Fischer
gptkb:World_Championship_1972
against Bobby Fischer
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gptkbp:number_of_matches
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won against Keres in 1965 World Championship
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gptkbp:opened
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gptkb:Ruy_Lopez
gptkb:Sicilian_Defense
gptkb:Spassky's_Defense
gptkb:Spassky_Gambit
Spassky Defense
Spassky Variation
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gptkbp:played_for
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gptkb:Fischer
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gptkbp:rating
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2450
2500+
2560
2660
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gptkbp:reign_end
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gptkb:1972
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gptkbp:reign_start
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gptkb:1969
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gptkbp:repertoire
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wide variety
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gptkbp:retired
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gptkb:2012
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gptkbp:retirement_year
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gptkb:1990
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gptkbp:rival
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gptkb:Karpov
gptkb:Mikhail_Tal
gptkb:Fischer
gptkb:Bobby_Fischer
gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
gptkb:Reshevsky
gptkb:Petrosian
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gptkbp:status
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Retired
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gptkbp:style
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universal
positional play
unconventional play
universal play
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gptkbp:style_of_play
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universal
positional play
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gptkbp:title
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gptkb:chess_match
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gptkbp:winner
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gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_1969
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gptkbp:year
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gptkb:1969
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gptkbp:youth_club
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gptkb:Moscow_Chess_Club
gptkb:Russian_Chess_Federation
gptkb:Leningrad_Chess_Club
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