One of the first to react was Soviet grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, who told TASS state news ... The iconic Cold War duel has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries and films.

It is this fascinating episode that forms the centrepiece of Johnson’s book, but there is much more here besides ... the defector Viktor Korchnoi and the ruthless Soviet champion Anatoly Karpov in ...

Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match of the century at the height of the Cold War, has died aged 88, the Chess Federation of Russia said ...

The history of chess is riddled with missed opportunities. Owing to a combination of bad timing, bad faith and bad luck, such all-time greats as Poland’s Akiba Rubinstein and Estonia’s Paul ...

Fischer, who had won the title in 1972 by defeating Boris Spassky, refused to defend it against Soviet challenger Anatoly Karpov due to disagreements over match conditions, including the number of ...

But Spassky was soon out of the race because the next option was the maverick, Fischer. Anatoly Karpov stood little chance before Fischer. But Garry Kasparov, the most successful world champion of all ...

T Bone Burnett reviews Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul,” which explores the partnership of “two extraordinarily gifted young men.” By T Bone Burnett It’s called “Doggerel” for a reason ...

It’s a good month for criticism in the literary world, with new books in April exploring everything from early-’00s feminism to modern TV and video games. On the fiction side, there’s a new ...

Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood. By The New York Times Books Staff A posthumous Joan Didion book, Emily Henry’s latest romance novel, Tina Knowles’s ...

Sue Roe's new book details how while on holiday with his wife, Picasso installed his mistress in a beach hut - then took up with another! But then came… After Amy Griffin narrowly lost a school ...

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