| SPASSKY | Boris ___, Russian chess player who was world champion from 1969 to 1972 |
| KARPOV | Anatoly _; Russian chess player, world champion for 10 years (6) |
| BORISSPASSKY | Russian chess player who was world champion from 1969 to 1972 |
| FISCHER | Bobby ___, US chess player who was world champion from 1972 to 1975 |
| EMANUEL | German chess player who was World Champion from 1894 to 1921 (7,6) |
| BORIS | And 3 Down. Russian chess player who was world champion from 1969 to 1972 (5,7) |
| ANATOLYKARPOV | Russian chess player who was world champion from 1975 to 1985 (7,6) |
| ALEKHINE | Alexander ___, Russian-born French chess player who was world champion from 1927 to 1935 and 1937 to 1946 (8) |
| LASKER | German chess player who was World Champion from 1894 to 1921 (7,6) |
| HIGGINS | Alex ---, Northern Irish snooker player who was World Champion in 1972 and 1982 (7) |
| REARDON | Ray _, late snooker player who was World Champion six times (7) |
| SNOOKER | Game at which Stephen Hendry was world champion from 1992 96 (7) |
| GODUNOV | Boris ___, Russian tsar who was the subject of Modest Mussorgsky's only completed opera (7) |
| CONNORS | US tennis player who was world No.1 from 1974-77 and in the top 10 for 16 years (7) |
| NAPOLES | Jose ?, undisputed World Welterweight boxing champion from 1969-70 (7) |
| MANSELL | Former British Formula One driver who was World Champion in 1992 (7) |
| YELTSIN | Boris __, Russian president 1991-1999 (7) |
| PETROSIAN | Tigran ___, chess grandmaster who was World Champion from 1963 to 1969 |
| BATSMEN | Eccentric participants in chess, players who may be out on a limb? (7) |
| MARCIANO | Rocky ___, US heavyweight boxer who was world champion from 1952 to 1956 |
