Bobby Fischer

U.S. Chess Champ Hikaru Nakamura: I'll Have Another

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Gregory Kaidanov, Hikaru Nakamura, Bobby Fischer, Irina Krush, Robert Hess, Anna Zatonskih, Alexander Onischuk, Gata Kamsky, Ray Robson, Yasser Seirawan, Sports News

A comparison between the Preakness Stakes horse race held in Baltimore, Maryland, and the 2012 U.S. Chess Championship in Saint Louis, Missouri, may seem out of place, but both races had a lot of things in common.

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Mozarts of Chess

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Paul Morphy, Milos Forman, Bobby Fischer, Magnus Carlsen, Vaclav Havel, Garry Kasparov, Veselin Topalov, Bob Simon, 60 Minutes, Donald Byrne, Sports News

The moniker "Mozart of Chess" occurred to me when I was looking for a subhead for Magnus's great game against Sipke Ernst in Wijk aan Zee in 2004.

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The World Chess Hall of Fame

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Bobby Fischer, Eduard Gufeld, Jose Raul Capablanca, Emanuel Lasker, Boris Gulko, Andrew Soltis, William Steinitz, Vera Menchik, Rex Sinquefield, Hikaru Nakamura, World-Chess-Hall-of-Fame, Larry Evans, Robert Hübner, John Emms, Mikhail Tal, Sports News

I share the same birth year with Bobby Fischer and helping him to became the world champion in Reykjavik 1972 became one of the highlights of my chess life.

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The Great London Chess Debate

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Boris Becker, Levon Aronian, Vassily Ivanchuk, Michael Adams, Luke McShane, Nigel Short, Anatoly Karpov, David Howell, Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, Sports News

The former world champion Vladimir Kramnik won the London Chess Classic, a tournament that brought the English capital close to its former glory.

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When Bobby Fischer Played Chess Like Misha Tal

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Bobby Fischer, Mikhail Tal, Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru, Magnus Carlsen, Hans Kmoch, Isaac Lipnitsky, Ludek Pachman, Vyacheslav Ragozin, Sports News

Reckless sacrifices were not his style, but for one day, one game and one moment in 1959 Bobby Fischer threw caution to the wind, went va banque and played like Mikhail Tal.

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Joys of Chess: From Krabbé to Hesse

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Tim Krabbé, Christian Hesse, John Nunn, Hans Ree, Leonid Yarosh, Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Walter Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzer, Tigran Gorgiev, Sports News

Christian Hesse's book The Joys of Chess is a compilation of chess stories, biographical sketches, games and fragments with references to art and science. It resembles work previously done by Tim Krabbé.

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The Most Treacherous Defense in Chess

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Andrei Volokitin, Peter Heine Nielsen, Teimur Radjabov, Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk, Anatoly Karpov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Ernst Grunfeld, Jonathan Speelman, Bobby Fischer, Nigel Short, Donald Byrne, Garry Kasparov, Sports News

Those who play the Grunfeld defense know that it can turn into a nightmare in an instant. But the defense also brings them bright moments, tempts them again and again, and they cannot live without it.

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Pitching a Perfect Chess Game

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Anatoly Karpov, Bobby Fischer, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Mihai Marin, Judit Polgar, Mark Dvoretsky, Hikaru Nakamura, Yochanan Afek, Kateryna Lahno, Irina Krush, Anna Zatonskih, Tibor Karolyi, Alexander Motylev, Sports News

"There is no perfect game in chess," Bobby Fischer said. After all, we are human and we make mistakes. But according to Tibor Karolyi, Anatoly Karpov came close to playing a mistake-free game at the 1974 chess olympiad in Nice, France.

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Forgotten Sports Movies: The Scenes You Must Remember

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Schultz | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Best Sports Movie Scenes, Diner, Omar Epps, Sean Connery, Bobby Fischer, Gary Busey, Sports Movies, Sanna Lathan, Finding Forrester, A League of Their Own, All Time Sports Movies, Steve Guttenberg, Tom Hanks, Entourage Final Season, The Schultz Report, Entourage, Rookie of the Year, Love and Basketball, Sports News

Everyone knows about iconic sports movies like "Field of Dreams," "Hoosiers" and "The Natural," but there's a surprisingly large list of great films w...

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New Documentary On The Genius And Insanity Of Bobby Fischer

Dan Lybarger | Posted 08.05.2011

By the time he died in 2008, Bobby Fischer had proven that chess was more than a simple board game. His takedown of world champion Boris Spassky from ...

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Bobby Fischer: Against the World, and Against Me

Regina Weinreich | Posted 07.31.2011

Last Tuesday, Bryant Park was a chess fest. Young and old, seasoned and novice players sat head in hands contemplating plastic pieces on the checkered mats. You could hear a pawn drop.

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More To Be Revealed About The Mysterious Bobby Fischer

GalleyCat | Maryann Yin on April 15, 2011 8:23 AM | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: World Chess Championship, HBO Documentaries, Bobby Fischer Book, Chess Players, Harry Benson, Bobby Fischer, Photo Books, Bobby Fischer Against the World, Books News

Photojournalist Harry Benson has created a book featuring rare and exclusive photographs of reclusive chess master Bobby Fischer. powerHouse Books wil...

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Chess History: From Bobby Fischer to Hikaru Nakamura

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.07.2012

The 2011 U.S. Chess Championship begins today at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, Mo., with 16 players, including the defending champion Gata Kamsky, the 1996 world championship challenger.

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Is Emotional Torture Always The Price of Brilliance? (PHOTOS)

Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Jackson Pollack, Charles Laughton, A Beautiful Mind, Alan Turing, Franz Kafka, Troubled Geniuses, Bobby Fischer, David Helfgott, Slidepollajax, John Nash, Ettore Majorana, Books News

They did brilliant work, they changed our lives, but how difficult was it to live theirs? Not a moment's peace for the writers, painters, scientists a...

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Chess Legend Turns to Music

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Svetozar Gligoric, Mikhail Botvinnik, Tigran Petrosian, Bobby Fischer, Max Euwe, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Garry Kasparov, Sports News

He was one of the world's leading chess players in the 1950s and 1960s and the Yugoslav player of the 20th century. After nearly seven decades playing chess, the legendary grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric turned to music.

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Chess Robots By The Sea

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vishy Anand, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik, Bobby Fischer, David Navara, Akiva Rubinstein, Vassily Smyslov, David Bronstein, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal, Capablanca, Sports News

Are chess players becoming robots by repeating moves approved at home by their computers?

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New and Old Chess Champions

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vishy Anand, Hou Yifan, Artur Yusupov, Anatoly Karpov, Magnus Carlsen, Robert Huebner, Vladimir Kramnik, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, Judit Polgar, Sports News

As we enter the new decade, the chess world is ruled by a middle-aged man and a teenage girl. A twenty-something phenom presides over the world's ratings and a new book recalling one of the greatest chess magicians has been published recently.

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Norway's Magnus Carlsen Fights and Wins in London Chess Classic

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Bobby Fischer, Nigel Short, Magnus Carlsen, Boris Spassky, Hikaru Nakamura, Luke Mc Shane, David Howell, Michael Adams, Garry Kasparov, Sports News

Who actually won this tournament? Magnus Carlsen doesn't have to worry. According to the rules set up by the London organizers, the 20-year-old grandmaster from Norway finished first and will collect 50,000 Euros for his efforts.

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The Man With Too Much Chess Talent

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Tal, Viktorija Cmilyte, Dragoljub Velimirovic, Madame De Remusat, Bobby Fischer, Napoleon Bonaparte, Sports News

At 68, Dragoljub Velimirovic doesn't seem to slow down. Still teasing and provoking, he took part in the Czech Coal Match last month and was awarded a magnificent glass trophy for his entertaining play.

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Chess: Remembering Larry Evans

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larry Evans, David Bronstein, Boris Spassky, Mark Taimanov, Robert Byrne, Bobby Fischer, Sports News

Larry Melvyn Evans (1932-2010), one of the most prominent American grandmasters, prolific writer and commentator, died in Reno, Nevada, on November 15 at the age of 78.

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Chess Champion's Class Act

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vishy Anand, Topalov, Yusupov, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Bobby Fischer, Tigran-Petrosian, Sports News

Vishy Anand is the most versatile world chess champion. After all, he won world championships in classical matches, knockouts, rapids and blitz and dominated the advanced chess in which players are able to consult the computers.

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Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens: Spinning Marty

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

We started right out this week with Twice-Shoeless Dan telling Crazy Holly he wanted to quit. There are thousands of people out there who want to be on Survivor, and only 36 to 40 who actually get to do it each year.

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Bobby Fischer Didn't Father Girl, Lawyers Say

AP | JENNIFER QUINN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bobby Fischer, Bobby Fischer Child, Bobby Fischer DNA, Bobby Fischer Paternity Test, World News

LONDON — DNA tests have shown that chess genius Bobby Fischer was not the father of a 9-year-old girl from the Philippines, bringing a paternity cla...

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Chess Great Bent Larsen Dies

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, Bent Larsen, Norway, Chess, Sports News

An optimist by nature, Larsen was one of the most fierce fighters of the last century and one of the few players capable of challenging the Soviets for the world championship title.

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Fooling the Gullible Chess World

Lubomir Kavalek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Svetozar Gligoric, Yefim Geller, Bobby Fischer, Nigel Short, Boris Spassky, Garry Kasparov, Sports News

Identity theft in chess is rather common. Sometimes a full chapter is lifted from a book, other times a player claims credit for a single move that wasn't his. Here is one such story.

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