Boris Vasilievich Spassky ( Russian : Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский ; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster . He was the tenth World Chess Champion , holding the title from 1969 to 1972. 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 .

Jennifer Shahade (born December 31, 1980) is an American chess player, poker player, commentator and writer. She is a two-time United States Women's Champion and has the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster . Shahade is the author of the books Chess Bitch and Play Like a Girl and co-author of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess . She is the Women's Program Director at US Chess, MindSports Ambassador for PokerStars and a board member of the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis.

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Allan Shiach who writes under the pseudonym Allan Scott , is a Scottish screenwriter and producer, and former Scotch whisky executive. He was nominated for BAFTA 's Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film and a Genie Award for his 1997 film Regeneration . He has won the Edgar Award (1976) and Writers' Guild Award (1978).