10th century chess set expected to fetch £117,000 at auction JAMIE BULLEN A chess set which dates back more than a thousand years and is worth up to £30,000 could fetch nearly four times as much at auction. The 10th...
Legendary GM Lothar Schmid passed away
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid (10 May 1928-18 May 2013) is a German chess grandmaster who was born in Dresden. He is best known as the arbiter of several World Chess Championship matches. Also a collector of chess books and...
GM Schmid recalls the match of the century
Chess referee recalls ‘Cold War clash’Published: 11 Jul 12 06:39 CET The 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky was almost abandoned but for a timely intervention from German arbiter Lothar Schmid. He tells the story...
Happy Birthday to GM Lothar Schmid
Happy Birthday to legendary Grandmaster Lothar Schmid. He was born on the May 10, 1929 in Germany (Dresden area). He was awarded the IM title in 1951, and the GM and GMC titles in 1959. I recently met him...