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He was known for playing some of the least respected openings, including the Grob, the Creepy Crawly or the St. George Defense. But he was often successful. Michael Basman, an [...]

A grandmaster and a sports psychologist, he was part of the support team for the world champion Boris Spassky in his 1972 loss to Bobby Fischer. In September 1972, a [...]

A Russian, he was one of the world's best players during the Cold War of the 1950s, joining other top competitors as the pride of the Soviet Union. Yuri Averbakh, [...]

Once one of the country's best young players, he became a top player again after a car crash left him slipping in and out of consciousness. Arthur Feuerstein, who was [...]

He made significant contributions to the theory of the game, particularly the openings, one of which is named for him. Evgeny Sveshnikov, a chess grandmaster who was among the world's [...]

One of the first and most elite chess players to flee the Soviet bloc for the West, he was among the best players in the world for many years. Lubomir [...]

Byline: Emily Langer Shortly after Lubomir Kavalek was named an international grandmaster of chess in 1965, he was aboard a train en route to Prague when a countryman, the celebrated [...]

Supported by the Communist regime, he won major tournament after major tournament during the Cold War years and beat stars like Bobby Fischer. Wolfgang Uhlmann, a chess grandmaster who was [...]

A former model, she stood out in the chess world for her glamour in what is often thought of as an unglamorous game. Arianne Caoili, a chess master and a [...]

Pal Benko, a chess grandmaster who was among the world's best players for two decades, but who gave up his place in the 1969-72 world championship cycle to Bobby Fischer, [...]

Shelby Lyman, a chess master who found fleeting fame in 1972 by hosting an improbably popular show on live television as it followed the historic world championship chess match between [...]

Ruth Haring, a top American chess player in the 1970s and '80s who played for the national women's team in five consecutive Chess Olympiads and became a rare female president [...]

Evgeni Vasiukov, a Russian chess grandmaster who was among the world's best players for more than 15 years and won tournaments in five different decades, but whose career was eclipsed [...]

Evgeni Vasiukov, a Russian chess grandmaster who was among the world's best players for more than 15 years and won tournaments in five different decades, but whose career was eclipsed [...]

Anatoly Lein, a Russian-born American chess grandmaster who was among the world's top 30 players at his peak, won two of the most prestigious tournaments in the United States and [...]

Anatoly Lein, a Russian-born American chess grandmaster who was among the world's top 30 players at his peak, won two of the most prestigious tournaments in the United States and [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDWilliam J. Lombardy, who was one of the most talented and promising chess players of his generation, winning titles and accolades while he was still a teenager, but who [...]

William J. Lombardy, who was one of the most talented and promising chess players of his generation, winning titles and accolades while he was still a teenager, but who all [...]

Arthur Bisguier, a largely self-taught chess grandmaster who brought a native Bronx brashness to his style of play in defeating some of the game's greatest players while finding mostly frustration [...]

Hans Berliner, a former world champion of correspondence chess who won one of the greatest games ever played on his way to the title and later became a pioneering developer [...]

Byline: Ben Guarino In his games of chess, young grandmaster Yuri Eliseev was not afraid to try bold maneuvers. The Daily Telegraph, reporting from the February Aeroflot Open chess tournament [...]

Viktor Korchnoi, who was widely considered one of the greatest chess players in history but never captured the world championship in more than 60 years as an elite competitor, died [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDWalter Shawn Browne, an aggressive, animated chess grandmaster and six-time United States champion who dazzled spectators with his world-class ability at speed chess, died on Wednesday in Las Vegas, [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDWalter Shawn Browne, an aggressive, animated chess grandmaster and six-time United States champion who dazzled spectators with his world-class ability at speed chess, died on Wednesday in Las Vegas, [...]

Claude Frizzell Bloodgood III, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of his mother, differs from other inmates at the Powhaten Correctional Facility in Virginia. Bloodgood is a chess genius, his US Chess Federation points rating making him a grandmaster. Bloodgood's version of his life story appears to be a mixture of truth and fiction. He claims to have been born Klaus Bluttgutt in Mexico, to have been involved in espionage as a member of the Nazi party during the second world war, and to have played chess with Hollywood greats such as Humphrey Bogart.

Vugar Gashimov, a chess grandmaster from Azerbaijan, who was one of the world's top players for a decade and who helped lead his team to the gold medal in the [...]

Lothar Schmid, a German chess grandmaster who was the referee for three of the most contentious World Chess Championship matches ever played, including the volatile 1972 contest between Bobby Fischer [...]

Robert Byrne, an international grandmaster and United States chess champion who, as the chess columnist for The New York Times, analyzed top-flight matches from 1972 through 2006, the eras of [...]

Robert Byrne, an international grandmaster and United States chess champion who, as the chess columnist for The New York Times, analyzed top-flight matches from 1972 through 2006, the eras of [...]

Svetozar Gligoric, a chess grandmaster who was considered one of the greatest players of the 20th century but who never won the world championship -- in one instance losing a [...]

Byline: Deepti Acharya Thane's chess players have dominated the recently concluded 13th Pooja Memorial Chess Trophy in Mulund. Nearly 14 players from the city have secured ranks with their impressive [...]