Boris Spassky dead at 88: Russian chess grandmaster who played in ‘match of the century’ dies...
FORMER chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died aged 88. The Russian became world champion in 1969. He still held the title as he took part in the...
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What Magnus Carlsen’s Jeans Have to Do with Chess
The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.
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The Drama and Suffering of the World Chess Championship
A dispatch from the pivotal Game 11 in Singapore that helped make Gukesh Dommaraju an 18-year-old chess champion.
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Moment furious Polish chess master falls off his chair after blunder
This is the moment a chess player realised he had made a move which cost him a championship match and became so furious that he fell off his chair....
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The making of a misogynist: How Andrew Tate inherited his father's toxic beliefs
Andrew Tate has long credited his father, Emory Tate, as his biggest inspiration. “I would argue I had the best father on earth,” he said on a...
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'Match of the Century' loser Boris Spassky dead as tributes paid to chess icon
The chess player who lost the iconic "Match of the Century" has died, aged 88. Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky took on American Bobby Fischer...
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