This is the Game Of The Century, an amazing historical chess game between Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer, played in New York ...

Fifty years ago, right in the middle of the Cold War, an eccentric American named Bobby Fischer upended a long reign of Russian dominance in chess, and the world was forever changed. Untold numbers ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in ...

At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer and another in an unlikely turn of events. By Dylan Loeb McClain When Mr. Spassky, a ...

TOKYO — For 12 years he has stayed one move ahead of the U.S. government he despises, always in motion, hard to corner. But American justice may have finally caught up with Bobby Fischer. Wanted for ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On Sunday, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) crowned US ...

Artist LeRoy Neiman could have been summarizing the HBO documentary "Bobby Fischer Against the World" when he talked about his 1972 assignment to memorialize the historic chess match between American ...

At the mention of the game of chess, many people will immediately think of great players such as Garry Kasparov or current Netflix hit series The Queen’s Gambit. The 1993 film, Searching for Bobby ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.