World Champion 1969-72
Boris Spassky (born 1937) was a classical prodigy and gained national attention when he beat Soviet champion Mikhail Botvinnik in a simultaneous performance in 1947 at the age of ten. In 1969 he beat Petrosian by two points to become the tenth world champion in history. Three years later he lost the title to Bobby Fischer in the Match of the Century.
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