The greatest match that never was — when Fischer and Karpov didn’t meet
The history of chess is riddled with missed opportunities.
Stabroek News10d
Emanuel Lasker: a famous middle gamer
He represented modern chess that was to prove demonstrably superior to anything that had gone before. He lost the world title to Cuba’s Jose Raul Capablanca in 1921. The chess of yesteryear ...
The Star6d
Penang chess prodigy aims to become country’s first grandmaster
“Usually, before a tournament, I will play even more and study the moves of grandmasters I admire such as Jose Raul Capablanca, Bobby Fischer and 17-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen ...
Hindustan Times18d
Oldest living world chess champion Boris Spassky dies at age 88
clarifies on Viswanathan Anand's withdrawal "My idols in chess were Jose Capablanca and Boris Spassky. And when I managed to beat Spassky, it was the greatest of victories and, in a sense ...