1937 - Today
Boris Vasilievich Spassky (Russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский, tr. Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Spassky has received more than 2,119,109 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Boris Spassky is the 6th most popular chess player (down from 3rd in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 97th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Chess Player.
Boris Spassky is most famous for being the first world chess champion from the Soviet Union. He is also known for his victory over Bobby Fischer in the 1972 World Chess Championship.
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Among chess players, Boris Spassky ranks 6 out of 374. Before him are Bobby Fischer, Wilhelm Steinitz, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, and Mikhail Tal. After him are Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Nona Gaprindashvili, Max Euwe, Tigran Petrosian, and Garry Kasparov.
1943 - 2008
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 1
1836 - 1900
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 2
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 3
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 4
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 6
1868 - 1941
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 8
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 9
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 10
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1937, Boris Spassky ranks 14. Before him are Dustin Hoffman, Jane Fonda, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Renzo Piano, Bobby Charlton, and Queen Sonja of Norway. After him are Queen Paola of Belgium, Vanessa Redgrave, Martti Ahtisaari, Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, and Egon Krenz.
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 8
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 9
1937 - 2021
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
1937 - 2023
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 13
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 14
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 15
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 16
1937 - 2023
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 17
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 18
1937 - 2022
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 19
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 20
Among people born in Russia, Boris Spassky ranks 122 out of 3,262. Before him are Valery Legasov (1936), Tokhtamysh (1342), Ivan V of Russia (1666), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850), and Feodor II of Russia (1589). After him are Mikhail Lermontov (1814), Olga of Kiev (890), Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792), Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897), Arnold Sommerfeld (1868), and Mikhail Glinka (1804).
1936 - 1988
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 116
1342 - 1406
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 117
1666 - 1696
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 118
1944 - 1996
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 119
1850 - 1891
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 120
1589 - 1605
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 121
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 122
1814 - 1841
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 123
890 - 969
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 124
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 125
1897 - 1918
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 126
1868 - 1951
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 127
1804 - 1857
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 128
Among chess players born in Russia, Boris Spassky ranks 2. Before him are Alexander Alekhine (1892). After him are Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), Anatoly Karpov (1951), Vasily Smyslov (1921), Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Vera Menchik (1906), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Andor Lilienthal (1911), and Elisaveta Bykova (1913).
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 2
1911 - 1995
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 4
1921 - 2010
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 5
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 6
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 7
1887 - 1956
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 8
1850 - 1908
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 9
1922 - 2022
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 10
1911 - 2010
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 11
1913 - 1989
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 12