The oldest living former world chess champion Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The oldest living former world chess champion last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BORISSPASSKY.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BORISSPASSKY The oldest living former world chess champion (12) The Times Specialist Sunday May 13, 2018
3% FINDING Discovery of former chess champion: French opening popular at the start (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 8, 2025
3% OMAN Oldest independent state in the Arab world (4) New York Times Dec 7, 2025
3% TAL Former world chess champion Mikhail ___ (3)
3% KARPOV Anatoly —, former chess world champion (6) The Times Concise Mar 9, 2020
3% ANAND Former world chess champion Viswanathan (5)
3% SPASSKY Boris --, former world chess champion (7)
3% EUWE Former chess champion. (4)
2% PAWN Lowly chess piece (4) Newsday Dec 15, 2025
2% GAME Checkers or chess (4) Commuter Dec 12, 2025

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