Century High School, defending champion Eastview High School and Eden Prairie High School all finished with 19½ points.

legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 “Match of the Century” against American Bobby Fischer, died Thursday in Moscow at ...

The duel became known as the "match of the century." The Soviet chess giant lived a checkered life, flitting between top-level clashes against the best players of the era and periods of virtual ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Century High School chess team tied for the Minnesota state championship.

By Dylan Loeb McClain Boris Spassky, the world chess champion whose career was overshadowed by his loss to Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972, died on Thursday in Moscow.

Spassky lost his world championship title in 1972 to America’s Bobby Fischer, in a match styled “Match of the Century.” Arkady Dvorkovich, president of the International Chess Federation ...

Boris Spassky, former world chess champion, died in Moscow at 88. He was best known for his 1972 "Match of the Century" loss to Bobby Fischer. The International Chess Federation called Spassky ...

ROCHESTER — The Century High School chess team defended the Rochester Area Scholastic Chess League City Cup, defeating Mayo High School 4-1/2 to 1/2 in the championship round. The Rochester Area ...

The televised 1972 match with Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the "Match of the Century." When Fischer won the international chess crown ...

The televised 1972 match with Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the “Match of the Century.” When Fischer won the international chess ...

MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.