Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries.

The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 after a life worthy of the movies

The Soviet-era former chess prodigy, who played in “one of the most iconic” games in history against American Bobby Fischer at the height of the Cold War, died at age 88.