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Spassky Defeats the Best
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Games by Spassky defeating the best players (IMO) during his era.

1
Adams vs Spassky, 1989 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 47 moves, 0-1

2
Spassky vs Ulf Andersson, 1980 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 31 moves, 1-0

3
Spassky vs Averbakh, 1955 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0

4
Averbakh vs Spassky, 1956 
(A15) English, 41 moves, 0-1

5
Averbakh vs Spassky, 1961 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 0-1

6
Spassky vs Averbakh, 1963
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 55 moves, 1-0

7
Beliavsky vs Spassky, 1973 
(B68) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7, 46 moves, 0-1

8
Spassky vs Beliavsky, 1975 
(B83) Sicilian, 57 moves, 1-0

9
Beliavsky vs Spassky, 1980 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 0-1

10
Spassky vs Beliavsky, 1988 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

11
Spassky vs Boleslavsky, 1956
(E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 41 moves, 1-0

12
Spassky vs Boleslavsky, 1962
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 42 moves, 1-0

13
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1956 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 48 moves, 1-0

14
Bronstein vs Spassky, 1958 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 30 moves, 0-1

15
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

16
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1961 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 29 moves, 1-0

17
Spassky vs Dorfman, 1993
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0

18
Spassky vs Ehlvest, 1991
(B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 1-0

19
Spassky vs Fischer, 1960 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0

21
Spassky vs Fischer, 1966 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 50 moves, 1-0

22
Spassky vs Fischer, 1970 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 39 moves, 1-0

23
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0

24
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
(E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 56 moves, 1-0

25
Geller vs Spassky, 1954 
(B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 36 moves, 0-1

26
Geller vs Spassky, 1955 
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 0-1

27
Spassky vs Geller, 1959 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 75 moves, 1-0

28
Geller vs Spassky, 1964 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 30 moves, 0-1

29
Spassky vs Geller, 1965 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

30
Spassky vs Geller, 1965 
(B35) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4, 39 moves, 1-0

31
Spassky vs Geller, 1965 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 55 moves, 1-0

32
Spassky vs Geller, 1968 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

33
Spassky vs Geller, 1968 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 48 moves, 1-0

34
Spassky vs Geller, 1968 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0

35
Gligoric vs Spassky, 1964 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 57 moves, 0-1

36
Spassky vs Gligoric, 1978
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 52 moves, 1-0

37
Gligoric vs Spassky, 1978 
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 51 moves, 0-1

38
Spassky vs Gligoric, 1980 
(C26) Vienna, 33 moves, 1-0

39
Spassky vs Gligoric, 1982
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 47 moves, 1-0

40
Spassky vs Gligoric, 1986
(C49) Four Knights, 44 moves, 1-0

41
Spassky vs Hort, 1975 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0

42
Spassky vs Hort, 1977 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0

43
Spassky vs Hort, 1977 
(A25) English, 40 moves, 1-0

44
Spassky vs Hort, 1978 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

45
Spassky vs Hort, 1982 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0

46
Spassky vs Huebner, 1979 
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 28 moves, 1-0

47
Huebner vs Spassky, 1979
(A21) English, 45 moves, 0-1

48
Spassky vs Huebner, 1979 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 30 moves, 1-0

49
Ivkov vs Spassky, 1966 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 0-1

50
Spassky vs Ivkov, 1968
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

51
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974 
(B83) Sicilian, 63 moves, 0-1

52
Spassky vs Karpov, 2006 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

53
Kasparov vs Spassky, 1981 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 66 moves, 0-1

54
Kasparov vs Spassky, 1983 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 33 moves, 0-1

55
Spassky vs Kavalek, 1969 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

56
Spassky vs Kavalek, 1973
(A57) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 1-0

57
Spassky vs Kavalek, 1977
(B83) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

58
Kavalek vs Spassky, 1977 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 24 moves, 0-1

59
Spassky vs Kavalek, 1977
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

60
Spassky vs Kavalek, 1979 
(A53) Old Indian, 58 moves, 1-0

61
Spassky vs Keres, 1957 
(E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 46 moves, 1-0

62
Keres vs Spassky, 1965 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

63
Keres vs Spassky, 1965 
(E77) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1

64
Spassky vs Keres, 1965 
(E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 50 moves, 1-0

65
Spassky vs Keres, 1965 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0

66
Spassky vs Kholmov, 1960 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

67
Spassky vs Kholmov, 1962 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 55 moves, 1-0

68
Spassky vs Kholmov, 1963 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 25 moves, 1-0

69
Spassky vs Kholmov, 1964
(A21) English, 44 moves, 1-0

70
Spassky vs Kholmov, 1971 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

71
Spassky vs Kholmov, 1973
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 41 moves, 1-0

72
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1949 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 51 moves, 0-1

73
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1952 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 0-1

74
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1955 
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0

75
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1964 
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 24 moves, 1-0

76
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1968 
(A14) English, 42 moves, 0-1

77
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1968 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1

78
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1968 
(E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 35 moves, 1-0

79
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1968 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 58 moves, 0-1

80
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977 
(A13) English, 33 moves, 0-1

81
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 36 moves, 0-1

82
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1977 
(C26) Vienna, 59 moves, 1-0

83
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1977 
(C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 1-0

84
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1999
(D85) Grunfeld, 45 moves, 0-1

85
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1999
(C02) French, Advance, 40 moves, 1-0

86
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 2005 
(B54) Sicilian, 43 moves, 1-0

87
Spassky vs Krasenkow, 1992
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

88
Larsen vs Spassky, 1964 
(A25) English, 40 moves, 0-1

89
Larsen vs Spassky, 1966
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 43 moves, 0-1

90
Spassky vs Larsen, 1967
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0

91
Larsen vs Spassky, 1968 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 0-1

92
Larsen vs Spassky, 1968
(A25) English, 48 moves, 0-1

93
Spassky vs Larsen, 1968 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 48 moves, 1-0

94
Spassky vs Larsen, 1968 
(D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

95
Spassky vs Larsen, 1968 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0

96
Spassky vs Larsen, 1969 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 67 moves, 1-0

97
Larsen vs Spassky, 1969
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 41 moves, 0-1

98
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

99
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 24 moves, 0-1

100
Spassky vs Larsen, 1978 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 21 moves, 1-0

101
Spassky vs Larsen, 1979 
(B01) Scandinavian, 32 moves, 1-0

102
Spassky vs Larsen, 1980
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 38 moves, 1-0

103
Larsen vs Spassky, 1981 
(A26) English, 44 moves, 0-1

104
Spassky vs Larsen, 1982
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

105
Larsen vs Spassky, 1983
(E91) King's Indian, 58 moves, 0-1

106
Larsen vs Spassky, 1984
(A14) English, 32 moves, 0-1

107
Spassky vs Lautier, 1989
(C14) French, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0

108
Spassky vs Lautier, 1990
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

109
Ljubojevic vs Spassky, 1978
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4, 43 moves, 0-1

110
Spassky vs Ljubojevic, 1979 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 45 moves, 1-0

111
Mecking vs Spassky, 1976
(B83) Sicilian, 36 moves, 0-1

112
Spassky vs Miles, 1978 
(B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 33 moves, 1-0

113
Miles vs Spassky, 1980
(A15) English, 41 moves, 0-1

114
Spassky vs Najdorf, 1967
(A48) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0

115
Spassky vs P Nikolic, 1983
(C25) Vienna, 37 moves, 1-0

116
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0

117
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966 
(C11) French, 68 moves, 1-0

118
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1967 
(C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0

119
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 58 moves, 1-0

120
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 53 moves, 1-0

121
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0

122
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0

123
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1969 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 0-1

124
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1969 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 0-1

125
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1975 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 41 moves, 1-0

126
Judit Polgar vs Spassky, 1993 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 63 moves, 0-1

127
Spassky vs Judit Polgar, 1993 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 46 moves, 1-0

128
Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1958 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1-0

129
Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1961 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 42 moves, 1-0

130
Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1962 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 41 moves, 1-0

131
Spassky vs Ponomariov, 1998
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 49 moves, 1-0

132
Spassky vs Portisch, 1957 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

133
Portisch vs Spassky, 1961 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 37 moves, 0-1

134
Spassky vs Portisch, 1961
(B19) Caro-Kann, Classical, 45 moves, 1-0

135
Portisch vs Spassky, 1961
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 38 moves, 0-1

136
Portisch vs Spassky, 1964 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 51 moves, 0-1

137
Spassky vs Portisch, 1967 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 56 moves, 1-0

138
Spassky vs Portisch, 1967 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

139
Spassky vs Portisch, 1977 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 61 moves, 1-0

140
Spassky vs Portisch, 1977 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0

141
Portisch vs Spassky, 1977
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 53 moves, 0-1

142
Spassky vs Portisch, 1977 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 40 moves, 1-0

143
Spassky vs Portisch, 1978
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 35 moves, 1-0

144
Spassky vs Portisch, 1980
(B19) Caro-Kann, Classical, 49 moves, 1-0

145
Portisch vs Spassky, 1982 
(A61) Benoni, 74 moves, 0-1

146
Spassky vs Portisch, 2007 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 66 moves, 1-0

147
Spassky vs Reshevsky, 1964 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0

148
Spassky vs Ribli, 1976
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 53 moves, 1-0

149
Spassky vs Ribli, 1980
(E14) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

150
Savon vs Spassky, 1961 
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 44 moves, 0-1

151
Savon vs Spassky, 1962 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 24 moves, 0-1

152
Spassky vs Savon, 1971
(A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 36 moves, 1-0

153
Spassky vs Seirawan, 1982 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

154
Spassky vs Seirawan, 1983 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 53 moves, 1-0

155
Spassky vs Seirawan, 1984 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0

156
Spassky vs Seirawan, 1985 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0

157
Seirawan vs Spassky, 1990 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1

158
Spassky vs Short, 1982 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 48 moves, 1-0

159
Spassky vs Short, 2001 
(E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 62 moves, 1-0

160
Spassky vs Smyslov, 1953 
(E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 35 moves, 1-0

161
Smyslov vs Spassky, 1956 
(A13) English, 66 moves, 0-1

162
Spassky vs Smyslov, 1960 
(D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0

163
Smyslov vs Spassky, 1961 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 0-1

164
Smyslov vs Spassky, 1973 
(B40) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

165
Spassky vs Speelman, 1985
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 34 moves, 1-0

166
Stahlberg vs Spassky, 1955 
(A73) Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O, 36 moves, 0-1

167
Stein vs Spassky, 1967 
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 37 moves, 0-1

168
Spassky vs Stein, 1971 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 41 moves, 1-0

169
Spassky vs Sveshnikov, 1973 
(B33) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

170
Spassky vs Svidler, 2001 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 46 moves, 1-0

171
Szabo vs Spassky, 1953 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 29 moves, 0-1

172
Szabo vs Spassky, 1959
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 38 moves, 0-1

173
Spassky vs Szabo, 1964
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 47 moves, 1-0

174
Spassky vs Taimanov, 1955 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0

175
Spassky vs Taimanov, 1956
(B68) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7, 41 moves, 1-0

176
Taimanov vs Spassky, 1962
(E92) King's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1

177
Spassky vs Taimanov, 1963
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 33 moves, 1-0

178
Taimanov vs Spassky, 1971
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 0-1

179
Taimanov vs Spassky, 1973
(E97) King's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1

180
Tal vs Spassky, 1954 
(A17) English, 45 moves, 0-1

181
Spassky vs Tal, 1956 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 38 moves, 1-0

182
Spassky vs Tal, 1959 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 54 moves, 1-0

183
Spassky vs Tal, 1959 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

184
Spassky vs Tal, 1961 
(E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 35 moves, 1-0

185
Tal vs Spassky, 1965 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 66 moves, 0-1

186
Tal vs Spassky, 1965 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 0-1

187
Spassky vs Tal, 1965 
(B50) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0

188
Tal vs Spassky, 1965 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 70 moves, 0-1

189
Spassky vs Timman, 1973
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 51 moves, 1-0

190
Timman vs Spassky, 1973 
(A14) English, 43 moves, 0-1

191
Spassky vs Timman, 1977
(B30) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0

192
Spassky vs Timman, 1977 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0

193
Spassky vs Timman, 1982
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

194
Timman vs Spassky, 1983 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

195
Timman vs Spassky, 1985 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 36 moves, 0-1

196
Timman vs Spassky, 1986
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1

197
Uhlmann vs Spassky, 1967 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 25 moves, 0-1

198
Spassky vs Uhlmann, 1976 
(C16) French, Winawer, 51 moves, 1-0

199
Vaganian vs Spassky, 1975 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 47 moves, 0-1

200
Vaganian vs Spassky, 1985 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1

201
Spassky vs Vaganian, 1987
(A58) Benko Gambit, 39 moves, 1-0

202
Spassky vs Vasiukov, 1959 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 30 moves, 1-0

203
Spassky vs Yusupov, 1988 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0

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