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Living parallel lives, they counselled presidents and changed the course of the cold war. How would they steer America today?
At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer and another ...
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was pecked by an ostrich while driving through a safari in Texas with his family. NHL's Bettman concerned U.S.-Canada tensions may impact league ...
Chess' enfant terrible has finessed staying in the news cycle regardless of whether he is actually playing chess or not — ...
The world said goodbye last month to someone who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress.
And we all know what kind of a boost the non spectator sport of chess got in 1972 when American genius Bobby Fischer took on Soviet world champion Boris Spassky in what was then called the ‘match of ...
@thisisevolve” Kyrgios wrote on his Instagram story. The messages have flooded in for Sabalenka on social media, with six-time Grand Slam singles champion Boris Becker also paying credit to the ...
Transport for London is cutting the cost of hiring an electric “Boris bike” as it bids to fight back against the popularity of Lime e-bikes. From April 6, the cost of a 30-minute hire of a TfL ...
The list included Cuban great José Raúl Capablanca, French legend Alexander Alekhine, Russia’s Boris Spassky, as well as Kramnik, Kasparov and Carlsen. However, the Indian chess icon picked Fischer ...
Anand chose Capablanca. The next option was Boris Spassky, and Anand went with the former Soviet star, who passed away on February 27 this year. Spassky played Fischer in the most famous world ...
TFF received an amazing response to my piece on the death of erstwhile world chess champion Boris Spassky, a fortnight ago. The famed ABC producer David Salter tells me that back in 1989 ...
Boris Johnson, one of Britain’s best known supporters of Donald Trump, has vented his fury after the failure of the US President’s talks with Vladimir Putin. The former prime minister claimed ...