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Ultimately, the match was replayed in the movie, From Russia With Love, starring Sean Connery. And if anyone is wondering it is a GM Spassky match playing the King's Gambit.
Here is the match as played in 1960, and brought to everyone by chessgames.com.
GM Boris Spassky v GM David Bronstein
Leningrad - 1960
C36 - King's Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. c5 Be7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 e2 15. Nd6 One of the deepest sacrifices this side of The Evergreen Game -- Soltis 15... Nf8 16. Nxf7 exf1=Q 17. Rxf1 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5 Qe7 21. Bb3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Kh7 23. Qe4
Truly an amazing match from an amazing champion of the 1960's
Cheers,
James
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