When you look superficially at the world of chess, all you see are men. And, with really horrible logic, when a woman shows prowess and skill in the so-called Game of Kings, the fact
Petrov (sometimes written Petroff) was a Russian chess master born on this day in 1794.
Tigran Petrosian was nicknamed the “Iron Tiger.” Born in Armenia in 1929, he grew up in significant poverty, and saved money he earned sweeping streets to buy chess books by Nimzowitsch and Spielmann to
Robert James (Bobby) Fischer was born on this day in 1943, and is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. Fischer became the youngest grandmaster in the world at
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