By Jonathan Brown
`When the American Bobby Fischer took on the Russian Boris Spassky in Reykjavik in 1972, their chess match was seen as a metaphor for the Cold War.
During their nail-biting battle, won by Fischer, the men were not just operating at the extreme limits of their mental abilities, it was also their physical endurance that was being tested.
According to the benchmark study carried out by Temple University in the United States, the players' heart-lung rates and blood pressure were comparable to those of competing boxers and footballers. Fischer himself declared: "I've got to stay in shape or it's all over."
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(Lima) Los amantes del ajedrez tendrán la oportunidad de participar en la III Copa América, realizada por internet, desde el 4 de abril (fase clasificatoria). Este tipo de competencia, que gana cada día más adeptos, repartirá premios hasta de 4,500 euros.




Après avoir été détenu pendant huis mois au Japon et menacé d'extradition vers les Etats-Unis, le grand maître américain très controversé, âgé de 62 ans, était attendu en fin de journée dans la capitale islandaise, par un vol de la compagnie scandinave SAS en provenance de Tokyo.

Viswanathan Anand has proved who rules the chess world in absence of Russian Garry Kasparov.

OBERÁ. El único sonido en el salón es el tic tac del reloj que marca el tiempo de la partida. Cada oponente estudia su próxima jugada y analiza las posibilidades del rival.
LONDON--Thirty years ago at the Soviet Junior Championship I played my first major chess event at the national level. Twenty years ago in Moscow I became the youngest World Champion in history. Last week in Spain I played my final serious games of chess, winning the Linares super-tournament for the ninth time. After three decades as a professional chess player, the last two ranked No. 1, I have decided to retire from professional chess.
Anatoly Karpov, chess world champion 2 times, 1975 - 1985 and 1993 - 1999, one of the leading personalities in chess history will make his romanian debut in a chess match in which he will face international grand master Andrei Istratescu. . 
L e numéro un mondial des échecs Garry Kasparov, qui vient de définitivement se retirer de la compétition dans cette discipline, a déclaré lundi qu'il voulait lutter contre "la dictature grandissante de Poutine" en Russie.
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Two Icelanders who were central figures at the scene of Bobby Fischer's greatest ever chess triumph urged authorities in Tokyo on Friday to release the grandmaster incarcerated in the East Japan Immigration Bureau Detention Center and allow him to leave for Iceland.
El gran maestro español Paco Vallejo ha vencido, con blancas, al campeón del mundo de la Federación Internacional de Ajedrez (FIDE), el uzbeco Rustam Kasimdzhanov, en la octava ronda del Torneo de Linares que se disputa en esta ciudad jiennense.
Chinese grandmaster Zhu Chen, 27, the ninth Women's World Chess champion, won the Accoona Women's World Chess Championship on Tuesday by defeating American rising star Irina Krush, 21, in a dramatic two-game match in the ABC Times Square Studios in New York.
