"The experts predicted Spassky's...collapse" - H Golombek Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0 "Fischer's dynamic powers...Spassky's amazing ingenuity" - HG Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (B69) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2 "The best game of the match, the most pure" - BVS Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2 "The real hero of the tournament was Spassky" -VK Spassky vs N Rashkovsky, 1973  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 21 moves, 1-0 "Spassky played simply splendidly" - Kasparov Spassky vs Tukmakov, 1973  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 1-0 "It appeared he was completely restored after Fischer" R Byrne Spassky vs O Averkin, 1973  (B44) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0 "A brilliant tactical shot" (patzer2) W Hug vs Spassky, 1973  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 0-1 "an easy win" (BVS) Karpov vs Spassky, 1974  (B83) Sicilian, 63 moves, 0-1 "astounded at the confidence Spassky exuded" R Byrne vs Spassky, 1974  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 56 moves, 0-1 "an interesting ending" Spassky vs A Beliavsky, 1975  (B83) Sicilian, 57 moves, 1-0 Spassky vs I Nei, 1975  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 1-0 Spassky vs N Zilberman, 1975 (B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 1-0 "neat little combo...nice tricks" Vaganian vs Spassky, 1975  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 47 moves, 0-1 "Uhlmann is almost impossible to beat" Spassky vs Uhlmann, 1976  (C16) French, Winawer, 51 moves, 1-0 Spassky vs Kavalek, 1977  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0 "Great attacking game by Spassky" - zev22407 Spassky vs Portisch, 1977  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 40 moves, 1-0 "too much pressure....everything works" Spassky vs Timman, 1977  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0 Spassky vs Kavalek, 1977  (B83) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0 Spassky vs Hort, 1977  (A25) English, 40 moves, 1-0 "I know no man more capable of self-perfection than Spassky" Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C26) Vienna, 59 moves, 1-0 Kavalek vs Spassky, 1977  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 24 moves, 0-1 "astonishing and brilliant" Spassky vs Larsen, 1978  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 21 moves, 1-0 "some wizard with the pawns" Spassky vs E Bukic, 1978  (A48) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0 Bxf7+! is the solution Spassky vs H Pfleger, 1979  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 20 moves, 1-0 "monumental..against really tough defence" JohnnyM Spassky vs Kavalek, 1979  (A53) Old Indian, 58 moves, 1-0 "nice and pretty" Larsen vs Spassky, 1981  (A26) English, 44 moves, 0-1 "created a great impression on me" - Kasparov Kasparov vs Spassky, 1981  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 66 moves, 0-1 Spassky vs Short, 1982  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 48 moves, 1-0 "a real whuppin'" Adorjan vs Spassky, 1982  (A10) English, 23 moves, 0-1 Spassky vs Seirawan, 1982  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 29 moves, 1-0 "an ultra-fighting draw" - Kasparov Spassky vs Kasparov, 1982  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2 "smothered under the weight of Boris's pieces" Timman vs Spassky, 1983  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 "Marina, I've beaten Kasparov!" - BVS Kasparov vs Spassky, 1983  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 33 moves, 0-1 thanks to keypusher Spassky vs Seirawan, 1985  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0 Game of The Day Spassky vs A Ostl, 1990  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0 "How many of you would make that move?" Ksadler Spassky vs Fischer, 1992  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 50 moves, 1-0 "beautiful chess...by an old school grandmaster" S Polgar vs Spassky, 1995  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1 "the older generation can't cope" Spassky vs Svidler, 2001  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 46 moves, 1-0 38 games