TRADEWISE GIBRALTAR CHESS FESTIVAL
Monday 23 January – Thursday 2 February 2012
PRESS RELEASE No. 19 30, January 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BORIS FROM GIBRALTAR!
We would like to send birthday wishes from all of us here at the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival to GM Boris Spassky on his 75th birthday. Boris, one of the greatest chess players of all time, is of course a special friend of the Festival and has visited us on two previous occasions. Happy Birthday Boris!
Organiser of the Festival Brian Callaghan, who has met with him on several occasions, sends special birthday greetings to him and wishes him well.
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The photograph is of GM Boris Spassky when he visited the tournament in 2009.
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Alice Mascarenhas
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The gentleman!
One of the most “Human” world champs.
An obviously very nice and incredibly talented man. I wish everyone was like that.
Happy 75 Mr Spasski.