Boris Spassky in heavy condition (updated)
The World Champion hospitalized in intensive care
Last Saturday at 11am a call for an ambulance was received from Boris Spassky’s appartment in Moscow. Upon arrival the doctors discovered Spassky lying on the bed in semiconsciuos state. He had lost control of the left side of his body – arm and leg.
The World Champion was hospitalized urgently in intensive care the 13th hospital. Lifenews.ru cites the doctors, “He has a cerebral blood clot, the condition is grave.” Rosbalt cites his sources on Spassky’s condition as “irregular cerebral blood flow”. RIA Novosti says the condition of Spassky is grave, but does not specify the cause due to confidentiality.
On October 1, 2006, Spassky also suffered a stroke during a chess lecture in San Francisco, but recovered. In his first major post-stroke play, he drew a six-game rapid match with Hungarian Grandmaster Lajos Portisch in April 2007. In 2008 Spassky participated in a simul during Mtel Masters 2008 (scroll down for video). In 2009 in Elista he played The Battle of Giants against Korchnoi (video below). He is also the oldest former world champion still living.
Info provided by Chessdom
I am very sad to hear the news about Boris Spassky, a good friend of mine, someone I have known for a long time. He is a gentleman, and one of the most charismatic world champions. I wish him the best and hope that he can fully recover.
This is such sad news to hear. Hope he will recover soon!
The most sincere Best Wishes to Legendary World Champion Boris Spassky for making a return to health at this time.
Boris Spassky and Susan Polgar played in the Plaza Tournament 1988 in New Zealand
Boris, come home. Bobby says he’s tired of drawing Morphy.
The chess club in heaven must be itching for a Fischer-Spassky match up there.
The heavens are calling Spassky.
Zsuzsika, imádom a blogodat.
Ilyen információkat jószerivel csak pletyka szinten kaphat az ember. És itt ilyeneket olvashatok! Nem beszélve a sok naprakész, abszolút friss helyszíni hírről. Hihetetlen!
Örülök, hogy rábukkanam a blogodra.
Excuse me writing in Hungarian. I woo 🙂 Susan for her up-to-date, hot news from 2010 HM chess olympiad.
I really hope Boris recovers soon! He is a great face in chess history.
Boris Spassky is a chess legend. We pray for his speedy recovery and remain a living chess legend for a long time.
I hope Boris Spassky can recover from this, the chess world still needs someone like him. A true gentleman and an icon in chess.