The US legend declined a $25,000 offer from shoe firm Clarks to meet the cream of England’s juniors
The nine-round Reykjavik Open, which began on Wednesday afternoon at the Harpa Conference Centre and…
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German grandmaster’s vast collection of chess memorabilia to be sold in London ⊕
Artefacts include souvenirs from 1972 ‘Match of the Century’ between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer
A vast collection of chess memorabilia, including souvenirs from the 1972 “Match of the Century” an…
7 months ago
I was a chess prodigy trapped in a religious cult. It left me with years of fear and self-loathing ○
Growing up dirt poor in Arizona’s Church of Immortal Consciousness, I showed an early talent for the game. Soon the cult’s leader began grooming me to become a grandmaster – even if it meant separati…
Record-breaker: Leonard Barden’s chess column celebrates 70 years and a place in history ○
Now 96, this week marks a milestone for our columnist, whose astonishing career has set a Guinness World Record
September 1955. The dying embers of one era, the dawning of another. It’s been five mont…
9 months ago
Russians absent from world chess top 10 for first time since official lists began ○
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A poor outing from Ian Nepomniachtchi brought up an unlikely first but Serjey Karjakin made a strong comeback at Blitz last week
It would have been inconceivable in the glory days of the Soviet chess …
13 months ago
Soviet Chess Grandmaster Boris Spassky Dies at 88 ○
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Spassky is best remembered for his 1972 world championship match against Fischer, a contest that became a symbol of U.S.-Soviet rivalry during the Cold War.
Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies aged 88 ○
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World champion will be remembered for the ‘match of the century’ against American Bobby Fischer in 1972
Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated at the height of the cold war,…
Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky dies at 88 ○
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Boris Spassky was a Soviet chessboard ace who became an émigré to France in 1976 and a French citizen in 1978.
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