When the American Bobby Fischer challenged the Russian Boris Spassky for the World Chess Championship in 1972 the media looked on in fascination. It seemed the Cold War was being played out in ...

Vasily Spassky was a Russian Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1873. Vasily Spassky's work has been offered at auction multiple times. The artist died in 1924.

Dating to the late 11th century, Spassky Monastery is one of the oldest in all of Russia. The army used it as a barracks until 1995, leaving behind a sad and stinking ruin. The Russian Orthodox ...

On page 341 of this issue, Spassky and colleagues report that the PCP pathway acts downstream of cilia docking, and is itself part of the feedback loop between flow and orientation 4.They analysed ...

Christopher Columbus first learns about growing and harvesting maize (corn) from Cuba’s indigenous population. 1500: Astronomer Nicolas Co ...

It was fought in Iceland and it was a chess match - one between the American Bobby Fischer and the Russian Boris Spassky. "I'm just going to go in there. I'm not going stay up nights worrying.

Take Take Take, a new chess-viewing platform from the Norwegian grandmaster, wants to get casual chess players engaged in ...

The clock in the Kremlin's Spassky Tower strikes midnight. The Russian national anthem plays. Then Channel One TV kicks off 2023 with a pop song: "I'm Russian and I ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

What may be more surprising is that chess sets have become popular holiday gifts for the first time since Bobby Fischer won the World Chess Championship in 1972, defeating Boris Spassky.

It was fought in Iceland and it was a chess match - one between the American Bobby Fischer and the Russian Boris Spassky. "I'm just going to go in there. I'm not going stay up nights worrying.

It is the Ali-Frazier of 280 characters. The Fischer-Spassky of social media. The Magic-Bird of the bird app. It is the thumb war between Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin and South Carolina’s Shane ...