Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer review – game of chess is a cold war thriller
Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer’s 1972 match is a proxy war in this intriguing but overcomplicated chess drama
November 2018
The World Chess Championship is thrilling. But where are the women?
Alisha Matthewson-Grand
The focus on male stars such as Magnus Carlsen obscures the brilliance of female chess players, says music journalist Alisha Matthewson-Grand
March 2018
American Fabiano Caruana to play for world chess title after candidates win
The American grandmaster will challenge for Magnus Carlsen’s world chess title after winning the candidates tournament on Tuesday in Berlin
December 2016
Sportblog
Magnus Carlsen may be the man to push the barriers for global game of chess
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen retains his world chess title after a thrilling tiebreak and wows a global audience looking forward to more of the same
November 2016
Mark Taimanov obituary
Russian chess grandmaster who was also an international concert pianist
April 2016
Panama Papers: a special investigation
From Kubrick to Cowell: Panama Papers expose offshore dealings of the stars
In current political climate, offshore companies of celebrities including X Factor boss and late film-maker raise questions
February 2015
Leonard Barden on chess
Magnus Carlsen has record rating but is not as dominant as Bobby Fischer
The world champion, Magnus Carlsen, is on 2863 points, 50 clear of the next man, but 10 players are above 2800
November 2014
Smart moves: chess is back
It was the game of the cold war. Now, with Tobey Maguire playing Bobby Fischer and a documentary about blind Indian globetrotters desperate to become grandmasters, chess is finding a new audience, writes Ian Wylie
September 2014
First look review
Pawn Sacrifice review – Bobby Fischer biopic is a bit stale, mate
Tobey Maguire makes a decent fist of playing the prickly chess grandmaster, but Edward Zwick’s unsubtle film never delves beneath the surface of his paranoid psychology
November 2013
Sportblog
The world's greatest game – so why have we fallen out of love with chess?
Stephen Moss: The world championship between Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen is finely poised, but sadly chess is still ignored
September 2013
From the Guardian archive
From the archive, 2 September 1972: Bobby Fischer wins World Chess Championship
Originally published in the Guardian on 2 September 1972: It was the nearest to a chess riot one could ever hope for
July 2012
Chess impresario hopes to bring back the Fischer v Spassky glory days
Andrew Paulson, who has won the world championship media and marketing rights for the next 10 years, has big plans
March 2012
Leonard Barden on chess
Bobby Fischer continues to provide fascination even after his death
Interest in the American chess legend remains strong, particularly in the wake of a 2011 film about his life
November 2011
TV review
TV review: Super Tiny Animals; Bobby Fischer: Genius and Madman
It's not the micropigs, handbag dogs and dwarf horses that are the freaks – it's their owners, writes John Crace
October 2011
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
A near-silent film about goat farming is difficult to pitch but unforgivable to miss, writes Mark Kermode
September 2011
Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
Chess: Bobby Fischer clears up
The game looks a mess – until Fischer exercises the clarity and control for which he's renowned
Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
Chess: in search of zugzwang
How to break up this static but firm defence? Bobby Fischer shows the way
Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
Chess: a tremendous attack by Bobby Fischer
Can you think of a way to win in this fiendish situation?
August 2011
Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess
Chess: the genius of Bobby Fischer
With the Bobby Fischer Against The World DVD arriving soon, it's a good time to study his inspired play
July 2011
Bobby Fischer Against the World – review
The sad decline of chess champion Bobby Fischer is told in muted details in this sensitive documentary, writes Philip French
