The greatest match that never was — when Fischer and Karpov didn’t meet
The history of chess is riddled with missed opportunities.
Boris Spassky, chess grandmaster who took on Bobby Fischer in the greatest match of the 20th century
Boris Spassky, who has died aged 88 was among the finest chess players of the 20th century, but found his reign at the summit of the game ended by the outstanding American Bobby Fischer, with whom he ...
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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
“I remember that day very well because I was in Switzerland, and I was together with (dissident and fellow grandmaster) Viktor Korchnoi, helping him to prepare ... future of the Soviet Union as a ...
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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
“I remember that day very well because I was in Switzerland, and I was together with (dissident and fellow grandmaster) Viktor Korchnoi ... Union as a whole. If Karpov won, it would be a ...