Shelby Lyman on Chess: A World Class Teacher Sunday, October 25, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, October 25, 2015) Bobby Fischer had an insatiable drive for chess mastery — his search for knowledge and perfection making him a superb...
A very different side of Bobby Fischer from what was portrayed in Pawn Sacrifice
Yesterday, I went to see Pawn Sacrifice at a local movie theater. It was empty. There could not have been more than a dozen or so people in the theater on a Saturday night during the busiest time. I...
Anand: Soviet players were ordered to (cheat)
Soviet players didn’t want to cheat, they were ordered to: Viswanathan Anand Written by Shivani Naik | Published:September 28, 2015 12:52 am Viswanathan Anand talks to Shivani Naik about the dividing line between Cold War and post-Cold War chess,...
Amir Khan as Anand on the big screen?
Pawn Sacrifice is a film set in the 1960s when chess was being dominated by the likes of Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. Did watching the film make you wonder what it would have been to be a player...
Pawn Sacrifice! The Official Trailer of Bobby Fischer Biopic
Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, and the Cold War — see how all the pieces fit together in this featurette for Pawn Sacrifice, starring Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber. Coming to theaters this September. Facebook.com/PawnSacrificeMovie
The biggest impact in chess history
Chess by Shelby Lyman on August 22, 2015 – 12:01 AM According to the grandmaster and chess historian Yuri Averbach, chess was played throughout most of Europe by the 11th century, Originally, a training tool for the warring upper...
Astoundingly precocious Fischer
Shelby Lyman on Chess: Precocity By Any Other Name Column 2245 for release August 3 Sunday, August 9, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, August 9, 2015) Bobby Fischer was astoundingly precocious — as he proved in 1958, at the...
It is not a question if you win or lose
Shelby Lyman on Chess: A Question of Survival Column C2242 for release July 13 Sunday, July 19, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, July 19, 2015) Even in the early days, Bobby Fischer was never easy. But as he matured,...
Chess in Hollywood
Shelby Lyman on Chess: Hollywood Hustle Sunday, June 21, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, June 21, 2015) Among the chess curiosities of the ’30s and ’40s were the large number of Hollywood stars who played the royal game. Their...
Sammy the Great Legend
Shelby Lyman on Chess: Sammy the Great Sunday, May 31, 2015 (Published in print: Sunday, May 31, 2015) A historic prodigy himself, Samuel “Sammy” Reshevsky ruled the American chess scene until Bobby Fischer won the U.S. championship in 1958...