Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries. Gov. Abbott said he is proud the Texas House has the ...

This time she stayed at a luxury hotel instead of Fischer’s friend’s house. And this time, it was all business: Fischer was to face Spassky again, 20 years after their famous first match.

Bobby Fischer, 1972 Harry Benson. By Harry Benson ... Just before the match, I went to photograph the Nixons in the White House, and President Nixon said to me: "Please give Bobby a message.

It was the chess match of the century. Harry Benson, author of a new book about the late, troubled champion, recalls his friend’s battle against Spassky, in this week’s Newsweek.

One of the conundrums of the 1972 chess explosion was Richard Nixon's failure to invite Bobby Fischer to the White House. Fischer, of course, had dealt an embarrassing blow to Soviet chess ...

Bobby Fischer was singing the blues. As he wailed along with a 1965 recording by Jackie ("Mr. Excitement") Wilson, his voice—a gravelly baritone ravaged by age but steeled by anger—rumbled ...