Boris Spassky, the third half-time

by Mosser Romain - Garcia Renan -Sutter Gabriel - Premieres Euro

Boris Spassky, the famous soviet chessmaster, got an important career thanks to his Chess World champion’s title he got in 1969.He was very famous , until the   match he lost against Bobby Fischer in 1972; it was a turning point in his career. We will study an article which deals with the continuation of his career.This article was  written by a Russian reporter: Vladimir Fedorenko from the newspaper RIAnovosti.

This newspaper is one of the most important in Russia; their watchword is “the Establishment and Tasks of the Soviet Information Bureau”. The success of Rianovosti comes especially from the Internet and the Western newspapers (they congratulate Rianovosti for its reliability). The point of view of the document may be unbiased, because of the reputation of the newspaper.

            This article is taken from this newspaper’s website and was published on the 13th June 2013 in the sports’ section. It deals with the fact that Boris Spassky, after having been in the French Chess Federation, wanted to integrate the Russian one. Indeed, he became very famous thanks to his performance during the 60s and the match in 1972. This match was considered as the “Match of the century” because it opposed two Chessmasters coming from the two biggest powers at that time: The USSR and the USA. After his defeat, he went to France (where he began playing chess under the French flag in 1984).He wanted  to flee from the USSR , because he was  afraid of reprisals.

In august 2012, he returned to Russia .There, he  claimed he had been held in captivity and he didn’t have  access to a telephone or the internet.

            Today, we  don’t know if Mr Spassky will integrate the Russian Chess Federation or not. Perhaps his last experience, in  2012, changed his mind. It reflects the fact that the Russian Government says they are  democratic and they respect the Human Rights, but ,in reality, this isn’t really true !