Bobby who defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FISCHER Bobby who defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship (7) New York Times Mar 19, 2019
3% ICELAND Site for the 1972 Fischer-Spassky World Chess Championship (7)
2% SANCTIONS Punishes Spassky's initial moves capturing knight (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Mar 12, 2026
2% ROUT Crushing defeat (4) Wall Street Journal Mar 12, 2026
2% LIU Alysa --, winner of the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships (3) Eugene Sheffer Mar 10, 2026
2% CHECKMATE Spassky's goal * (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Mar 8, 2026
2% UBER - Cup, women's badminton world team championship (4) (4) Mirror Quiz Mar 7, 2026
2% LOSES Suffers defeat (5) LA Times Mini Mar 7, 2026
2% TAL Mikhail -, 1960-61 world chess champion (3) (3) Mirror Quiz Mar 5, 2026
2% LOSE Suffer defeat (4) Commuter Mar 5, 2026

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