The history of chess is riddled with missed opportunities. Owing to a combination of bad timing, bad faith and bad luck, such all-time greats as Poland’s Akiba Rubinstein and Estonia’s Paul ...
If Karpov won, it would be a sign of life for ... Only one was not won by a Soviet or former-Soviet citizen – Bobby Fischer ...
When compared to the intense drama and innovation of the Boris Spassky-Bobby Fischer encounters, Garry Kasparov-Anatoly Karpov duels ... ELO ratings in rapid (2776 vs. 2654) and blitz (2785 ...