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Boris Spassky, an Uncommon card
Boris Vasilyevich Spassky was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 170
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 170 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Boris Spassky quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Boris Spassky card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a World Chess ______ candidate on seven occasions.
Answer
Championship. He was a World Chess Championship candidate on seven occasions. From the Boris Spassky article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Self-determination. Self-determination 92 · Boris Spassky 84 · Restaurant 79 · Danny Rose 76 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966, defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion, then lost to Bobby Fischer in a famous match in 1972.
- Spassky won the Soviet Chess Championship twice outright, and twice lost in playoffs, after tying for first place during the event proper.
- He was a World Chess Championship candidate on seven occasions.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Boris Spassky article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Boris Spassky
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Boris Spassky (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
