Background
Spasskii, Boris was born on January 30, 1937 in Leningrad.
Spasskii, Boris was born on January 30, 1937 in Leningrad.
Graduated from Leningrad University as a journalist, 1959.
In 1955, youth chess champion. World chess champion in 1969. Kept his title for 3 years, then lost to Bobby Fisher.
Left the Soviet Union. Married a French woman. Lives in Paris. Continues his career in chess.