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% BORIS Chess great Spassky (5) New York Times Aug 1, 2025
3% ICELAND Site for the 1972 Fischer-Spassky World Chess Championship (7)
2% MEN Chess pieces (3) Thomas Joseph Oct 21, 2025
2% DRUB Soundly defeat (4) Commuter Oct 17, 2025
2% LOSES Suffers defeat (5) Commuter Oct 15, 2025
2% GIMENO Andres -, 1972 French Open singles tennis championship winner (6) (6) Mirror Quiz Oct 13, 2025
2% MATING Beating at chess (6) Premier Sunday Oct 12, 2025
2% KARPOV Anatoly __, chess grandmaster who became world champion in 1975 when Bobby Fischer refused to play (6) (6) The Guardian Weekend Oct 11, 2025
2% LICK Defeat (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 11, 2025

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