I honestly know nothing about chess, but I thought this little 1937 news clip about a young British girl totally dominant at chess was a starting point for a conversation among those of you who do like the game.
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Cheating's not just for cyclists: An announcement on Friday on the French Chess Federation’s Web site accuses three of its own players of cheating during last year’s Chess Olympiad in.
Egads. The remains of Bobby Fischer, the American chess champion, were exhumed Sunday night in the cemetery of Laugardaelir Church in Iceland, according to a report in The Reykjavik Grapevine..
By the time I started playing, Bobby Fischer was long gone from the American chess scene. We know today that he was still around, giving the occasional interview or lesson, but before the internet it was remarkably difficult to track such appearances, and it seemed...