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Boris Vasilievich Spassky speaking out to NRK
Photo: Mads Nyborg Støstad/NRK

– Do you see anything of Bobby Fischer in Magnus? Spassky has thought for a while. – Yes. He is determined and stubborn as well. And what I like is that he does not get involved in politics.

• Spasskij: – Magnus er en gnom, NRK, November 9, 2014

World Chess Championship 1972: the Match of the Century
Boris Vasilievich Spassky vs. Robert James Fischer
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