Some MAGA supporters suggest that Mr. Trump is playing 3-D chess that we simply don’t understand. If he is successful, it’s more likely akin to the old saying: “Even a blind squirrel can ...

He pocketed $3.35 million in prize ... During World War II, he lived for several years in an orphanage, where he learned the rules of chess before he learned to read and write.

The televised 1972 match with Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the “Match of the Century.” When Fischer won the international chess ...

The televised 1972 match with Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the “Match of the Century.” When Fischer won the international chess ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess ... war of attrition,” grand master Jon Speelman wrote in Britain’s Guardian newspaper. Fischer again emerged victorious, 10 wins to five. He pocketed $3. ...

MOSCOW — 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.

MOSCOW – 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.