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NEWS ABOUT: chess

chess stories: 9 news summaries

 Russians Kasparov, Karpov 
 Rekindle Chess Rivalry 

Russian grand masters meet in Spain for series of matches

Sep 21, 09 7:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 25 years after their rivalry gave chess, and Russia, a much-needed jolt, former champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov will face off for a series of matches in Spain, beginning tomorrow, the Telegraph reports. The younger Kasparov took Karpov’s world title in 1985, and then seemed to... More »

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Russia • Mikhail Gorbachev • chess • Garry Kasparov • Anatoly Karpov

 8 Offbeat Library Collections 

Hidden treasures abound in local libraries across the country

Mar 7, 09 3:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Your local library may be home to an odd or wonderful specialized stash of artifacts. The Smithsonian compiles a list of the nation’s most unusual library collections:
  • The Cleveland Public Library sports perhaps the world’s largest collection of chess- and checkers-related material, with more than 30,000
... More »

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Cleveland • Judaism • chess • romance • Smithsonian • University of Utah • library • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

(Newser) - How does one lose almost $2 billion in a matter of months? Look no further than the story of Deutsche Bank’s Boaz Weinstein, the chess master and gambling extraordinaire who made more than $1.5 billion for the firm in just 2 years before losing it all and more,... More »

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gambling • bond trading • Deutsche Bank • chess • financial crisis • credit swaps • interest rates

 Chess Too Wimpy for Olympics? 

IOC says the game, along with bridge, isn't physical enough

Aug 6, 08 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chess players and bridge players will be spectators when the Olympics begin this week, but both are making a strong push to be official sports at the 2012 Games, Time reports. First, they'll have to convince a skeptical International Olympic Committee that they belong, despite their decided lack of physical... More »

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Beijing • 2012 London Olympics • bridge • chess • Olympic Games • International Olympic Committee • International Chess Federation • World Mind Games

Old Chess Guide May Have Drawings From Da Vinci

500-year-old book of puzzles has illustrations in the master's style

Feb 27, 08 6:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Sections of a recently unearthed manuscript, dating back to about 1500 and describing chess strategy, were likely illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci, the BBC reports. The book, De ludo scacchorum, is a collection of puzzles by Italian mathematician and Franciscan friar Luca Pacioli, a friend of da Vinci's. The striking... More »

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Italy • chess • Leonardo da Vinci • De ludo scacchorum • Luca Pacioli

Chess King Bobby Fischer Dies

Troubled genius dies in Iceland at age 64

Jan 18, 08 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Chess master Bobby Fischer, who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned Russian Boris Spassky in 1972, has died at age 64 in Iceland, the AP reports. Fischer is considered by many to be the greatest chess player ever, but his genius for the game was often overshadowed by... More »

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obituary • Cold War • chess • Iceland • Bobby Fischer • Boris Spassky • International Chess Federation

Kasparov
Won't Run for Russian Prez

Gov't foiled opposition's nominating meetings

Dec 13, 07 9:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Former chess champ and Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov won't be running for president this March, but not for lack of trying: Other Russia, his political party, was unable to book a Moscow conference hall due to government pressure on landlords, said his spokeswoman. Today is the last day Russian... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • chess • Garry Kasparov • Other Russia • Dmitry Medvedev • Russian elections

'Chessboard Killer' Goes
on Trial

Confessed murderer of dozens lured victims to Moscow park

Sep 13, 07 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A confessed serial killer goes on trial today in Moscow, charged in the murders of at least 49 people. Alexander Pichushkin wanted to kill one person for each of the 64 squares on a chessboard, and after being arrested last year, he said in a TV interview that "a... More »

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Russia • murder • killer • trial • chess • Alexander Pichushkin • Butcher of Rostov

Chess-Playing Killer Goes on Trial in Russia

Says he tallied victims on a board, but cops are at a stalemate

Aug 14, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia is in the grip of the king of all murder trials, the Guardian reports: A chess player has been accused of luring dozens of opponents away from the board and to their brutal deaths in a Moscow park. Alexander Pichushkin has allegedly boasted of 63 murders, one shy of... More »

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Russia • Moscow • murder • arrest • chess • Alexander Pichushkin

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