| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:human 
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                                | gptkbp:awardedBy | International Grandmaster 
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                                | gptkbp:awardYear | 1955 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1937-01-30 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Leningrad,_Russian_SFSR,_Soviet_Union 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Vasili_Spassky Anna Spasskaya
 
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                                | gptkbp:defeatedBy | gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian 
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                                | gptkbp:education | Leningrad Pioneer Palace 
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                                | gptkbp:FIDE_ID | 4100018 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | Boris Vasilievich Spassky 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:World_Chess_Champion dynamic playing style
 1972 match against Bobby Fischer
 opening innovations
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:French gptkb:Russian
 
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                                | gptkbp:losses | gptkb:Bobby_Fischer 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:Russian 
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                                | gptkbp:notableBattle | gptkb:Mikhail_Tal gptkb:Bobby_Fischer
 gptkb:Viktor_Korchnoi
 gptkb:Anatoly_Karpov
 gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1956 gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_1969
 gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1965
 gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_1972
 gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_1966
 gptkb:USSR_Chess_Championship
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableGame | gptkb:1972_World_Chess_Championship gptkb:1969_World_Chess_Championship
 gptkb:1966_World_Chess_Championship
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableStudent | none 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:chess_player 
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                                | gptkbp:OlympicMedal | 4 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:France 
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                                | gptkbp:residesIn | gptkb:Moscow gptkb:Paris
 gptkb:St._Petersburg
 
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                                | gptkbp:retired | 2010s 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Larisa_Spasskaya gptkb:Marina_Shcherbachova
 gptkb:Nadezhda_Spasskaya
 
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                                | gptkbp:teacherOf | gptkb:Alexander_Tolush gptkb:Vladimir_Zak
 
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                                | gptkbp:team | Soviet Union Chess Olympiad Team 
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                                | gptkbp:title | gptkb:Grandmaster 
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                                | gptkbp:worldChessChampion | 1969-1972 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Soviet_Chess_Federation 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Spassky 
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