Will the U.S. collapse like the Soviet Union did?
America’s current retreat from world power recalls that of the Soviet Union after 1988. Is the U.S. poised to collapse like ...
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for ...
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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
It was absolutely phenomenal in the Soviet Union.” By the time 1984 came around, Karpov – a three-time world champion and a symbol of Soviet ideals – had been the prized asset for a decade.
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
The Soviet Union boasted an unbroken streak of world chess champions that stretched back to 1948. It seemed unimaginable that there could be a serious challenger hailing from any other nation.