The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPASSKY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1972.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SPASSKY | 33 % | 7 |
| FISCHER | 33 % | 7 |
| TAL | 33 % | 3 |
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 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
More clues leading to the result FISCHER
- Chess great
- "My 60 Memorable Games" author
- Bobby of chess
- Big name in chess
- Champion named 9/1/72
- Bobby who defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship
- Chess master who died in Iceland
- Chess champion named in 1972
- Spassky toppler
- World champion from 1972 to 1975
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."