Boris Spassky Quotes
When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.
Citations
Brady, Frank. Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness. Crown, 2011, p. 182.
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Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Russian chess player, who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then lost to Bobby Fischer in a famous match in 1972.