Fischer to be deported to United States“Chess legend Bobby Fischer shouldn’t be exempted from Japan’s rule that foreigners who are ordered deported must be sent to their homeland”, Japan’s top immigration official said Tuesday. Fischer and his supporters had asked
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Last September, Susan Polgar had just accomplished another historic milestone in chess. Seven time World Champion Anatoly Karpov and four time champion Susan Polgar engaged in the Clash of the Titans – Battle of two World Champions in Lindsborg, Kansas.
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Hot-shot favourite Hikaru Nakamura, the teenage ace from White Plains, NY, beat Alexander Stripunsky for the championship title and the $25,000 prize. He is now the youngest winner of the 159-year-old title since Bobby Fischer. Although he had broken every
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Last September, Susan Polgar had just accomplished another historic milestone in chess. Seven time World Champion Anatoly Karpov and four time champion Susan Polgar engaged in the Clash of the Titans – Battle of two World Champions in Lindsborg, Kansas.
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I’m hooked. What started out as a mild curiosity, has for me, turned into a full fledged obsession. For years I’ve played chess, with a modicum of success. I actually won $4000 back in 1983. At a recent chess gathering,
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“I would not like to defend or justify Bobby Fischer. He is what he is. I am asking for only one thing. For mercy, charity. Put sanctions against me also. Arrest me. And put me in the same cell with
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In what has been truly a ground-breaking event, Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan (Central Asia) won the 2004 FIDE World Championship by defeating Michael Adams of England, 4?-3?. In a grueling month-long series of matches, the result represents a step toward
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England’s Michael Adams has again leveled the score of the 2004 World Chess Championship at 2.5 -2.5. Adams lost Game 4 as black on Friday, against Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan. With the score at 2.5 – 1.5 in favour of
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