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| 41% | 8 | Chess player who held the title of World Senior Chess Champion | ||
noun • Russian chess master (born in 1931) | ||||
| 39% | 7 | Bobby who defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship | ||
noun • German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945) • German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919) • United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943) | ||||
Chess Champion Spassky
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