The history of chess is riddled with missed opportunities.

Capablanca was wrapped in a mantle of invincibility losing a single game in a decade of play. In the 1970s much was written about the “Fischer- fear” but the concept had been used long before ...

“My idols in chess were Jose Capablanca and Boris Spassky ... for being the man who handed over the title to Bobby Fischer. “But he had chances to win that match. He may have lost by a ...