The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TAL , but the solution may also be SPASSKY which is one of the most recent solution (1972 in New York Times).
Big name in chess crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAL | 33 % | 3 |
| SPASSKY | 33 % | 7 |
| FISCHER | 33 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Big name in chess
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vig
- ali
- dorsey
- wellingtonia
- hawaii
- lear
- paley
- barnum
- bronte
- cessna
- erector
- gore
Crossword Answer definitions
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TAL
- Application at the barbershop
- Chess's Mikhail
- "¿Qué ___?" ("How's it going?")
- Botvinnik rival
- Chess champion of crosswordese
- Chess master of the '60s
- Chessmaster Mikhail
- He beat Botvinnik in 1960
- He said "If playing chess were made illegal by law, I would become an outlaw"
- He said "To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess."
More clues leading to the result SPASSKY
- 1972 Match of the Century name
- 1972 Fischer foe
- Former world chess champion Boris
- Former chess champion Boris
- 1972 Fischer opponent
- Winner over Petrosian in 1969
- 1969-'72 World Chess Champion
- Russian chessmaster
- 1972 Match of the Century participant
- 1972 "Match of the Century" loser