On one side of the table is Fischer, an eccentric, fiercely competitive 29-year-old former boy wonder, who was holding his own among America’s greats by the age of 12 and has already won eight US ...

He defended his World Chess champion title against American Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972 — which ...

Soviet chess legend Boris Spassky, who lost the 1972 "Match of the Century" to American Bobby Fischer in a Cold War-era ...

Century High School, defending champion Eastview High School and Eden Prairie High School all finished with 19½ points.

American Grandmaster compared the Indian chess ecosystem with the US chess scene and warned it will face into obscurity if ...

especially those of us who, like him, didn't fit comfortably into the Soviet machine." Spassky emigrated to France in 1976. On its website, the chess federation called Spassky's match with Fischer ...

The Jewish Hungarian-American told JNS about growing up with antisemitism in Budapest and about achieving success in a game that can discriminate against women.

The death of the one-time chess prodigy was announced by the International Chess Federation ... especially those of us who, like him, didn’t fit comfortably into the Soviet machine.” ...