The Toxic Pursuit of Greatness in Chess (w/ Brin-Jonathan Butler) | The Chris Hedges Report

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The Toxic Pursuit of Greatness in Chess (w/ Brin-Jonathan Butler)

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1970. Bobby Fischer is riding the subway. Computers did not yet exist.

1970 год. Бобби Фишер едет в метро. Компьютеров ещё не было.

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1970. Bobby Fischer is riding the subway. Computers did not yet exist.

1970 год. Бобби Фишер едет в метро. Компьютеров ещё не было.

#bobbyfisher #chess #шахматы

Former USSR chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88.

Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster who learned to play as an orphan – eventually becoming the informal face of the USSR in the politically-infused "match of the century" against American Bobby Fischer – died on Thursday at 88.

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Former USSR chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies at 88

Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster who learned to play as an orphan – eventually becoming the informal face of the USSR in the politically-infused "match of the century" against American Bobby Fischer – died on Thursday at 88.

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« Le coup du fou » retrace le championnat du monde d’échecs en 1972 entre Bobby Fisher et Boris Spassky. Une plongée dans la personnalité de Bobby Fisher. Trois fils narratifs. Un affrontement Est-Ouest comparé à l’affrontement Orient-Occident avec Achille et Ulysse, et les souvenirs d’enfance du narrateur. A lire d’un trait qu’on soit amateur d’échecs ou pas. #livre #Échecs #BobbyFisher