Spassky, who fought the Cold War for the Soviets against the American Fischer on the 64-square board, died on Thursday ... He refused to play Game 2 unless the cameras were shut off, and when they ...

The 1972 Fischer-Spassky showdown was billed as a Cold War chessboard brawl ... Both Fischer and Spassky sat across the 64-square board with a load of expectations. The story of Fischer and ...

Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to Britain, has died at the age of 86. He died on March 4 in England, where he had ...

LONDON (AP) — Oleg Gordievsky, a Soviet KGB officer agent who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing ... town of Godalming, 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of London.

Cold War tensions bristle between Washington and Moscow ... And the research station’s story isn’t over yet. Winter snowfall still outpaces summer melt at Camp Century, an experiment in ...

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Into their fourth year of war, Ukrainians living in or near front line regions of their country grapple with their losses and ...

The event touched off an especially tense period of the Cold War. Three weeks after the crash ... he watched The Day After in 1983. It wasn’t until 1987, when Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail ...

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“He wanted to show Spassky that he, firstly, didn’t fear him at all,” Krogius wrote ... Spassky went home to a cold reception in the Soviet Union, where he had become a national disappointment.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Bobby Fischer, right, and Boris Spassky play their last game together in Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 31, 1972 ...

Wałęsa, who led a nationwide Solidarity movement at the height of the Cold War and helped topple Poland’s Communist ... “You’re gambling with World War III!” The next four years will change America ...