Soviet propaganda said that Zionism was fascist, imperialist, racist, colonialist. In other words, Zionists were Nazis. And all Jews, according to the playbook, were Zionists.

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Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

Mr. Spassky went home to a cold reception in the Soviet Union, where he had become a national disappointment. He was wealthy by Russian standards, having won $90,000 in prize money at Reykjavik.