A basic rule calls a game a draw when 50 moves are played with neither a capture nor a pawn move. But that was before computers.
As Bobby Fischer’s death reminds us, abstract gifts can exact a terrible price.
Chess players and chess journalists from around the world reacted to the death of Bobby Fischer with a mixture of sadness, praise and lingering anger about his behavior in his later years.
Mr. Fischer, one of the greatest chess players the world has ever seen, later lived under self-imposed exile.
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Paul Truong faces allegations that he posted messages under other people’s names to Internet bulletin boards to get elected to the board.
Inconsistency has always prevented Alexander Morozevich from achieving greater success. But that wasn’t the case at the Russian Championship Superfinal.
The year in chess, 2007.
The United States has a shot at the world championship again. Gata Kamsky won the World Cup last weekend in Russia, and is one match victory away from the title match.
In addition to being perhaps the youngest international master in United States history, Ray Robson satisfied the requirements in a mere six weeks.
If a computer played perfectly, could any human hope to achieve a draw?
