chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

SPASSKY
h krrp,,v n ihe semi lin.l Around thh lnne hn
second marrnge ended nr dilorcc, and in 1975 he
marred i Fic.ch diplo'nat and wenl to lile i.
Plris bur he retained hn Sovier citizcnshit. He
{as not crushed by h( l.s of dre iitle. His
tonmamenr results$crc not consinentlr" cood. bul
thtr p.trein had al{ats charrcterized |is chcs
carecr ,{ Candidate ior lhe llath tinrc nr l9?r. he
deleated EoRr (+2=ll-1) and poRnscn
1+.1=9 2) hur losr the final malch ro Kor.hnoi.
Hs play mat have Iost sone olils sparkleieven so
h. came 6rr (+6=8 l) equal $ith Karpo! in a
caregort 1,1 rour.rmcnr. Bueojno 19?8- a result
conprrlhle to hh earlier succeses Iwo years
ht.r hc Non a caleeor! 12 t.uflranrenl at Baden
(+ri=9) equrl with R.r r{vs(y. and ln 1983 hc Nas
6rst (+3=7) ar Lnrares. hall a point ahcad ol
Kih.! and A\lERssoN. Fron 1953 lo 1981 he
prd\Ld rn rU vrong 'nL$nrriona
dlLpl.Lr c
ioum"menrs. w r, nA or shdnn! 14 lrAr Jnd 5
second prizes: h. won the USSR Chamtionship
t$ice: and he pla-ved lor hn country in seven
Oly,npiads irom 1962 lo 1978 (See D^NcERous
sta$kyqinning rh! USSR Champ,onrhip l1r7:l
Spa$k_v deleated Kercs (+1=4-2), Geller
(+r=s). andTdl (+,1=ri I ) to becone chnllenger
He Iosr the rirlc mal.h againn Pelrostan in l966 bt
the naro\vcsr ol margins (+3=17-l).
At Santa Monica in the same )earSpasskt *on
hissecond cates!ry ls lournane.r (+5= Ll) rhead
ol FrscHER. Lasen and Pctoslan. Vi.lorics at
Belcilritk l96t (+7=8) and Sochi 1967 (+5=10)
were lollowed by a seies olCandnhtes nitches in
rvhich he delealed Geller (+l=5). I-aB.l
(+1=3 1), and Korch.oil+1=,