News about Boris Spassky

Orphan Beth Harmon (portrayed by Anya Taylor-Joy in the film) who rose to the top of the chess world in the 1960s, defeating Russia's top players in a renowned chess tournament. Gaprindashvili (left), 80, addressed a point in the show in which a commentator refers to her, saying she had "never met boys" and filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against the streaming giant. Gaprindashvili, 80, took up a specific issue during a time when a commentator says she 'never met guys' - and filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against the streaming giant. The character Harmony's sex is "the only unusual part of her," the commentator says. And, of course, that is not unique in Russia. Nona Gaprindashvili is a female world champion, but she has never met a man.' The chess legend argued in the lawsuit that by the year the episode is set, 1968, she had already competed against 59 men, beating 28 of them simultaneously.