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Semenya and the ethics of luck
There is no such thing as a level playing field and all the best athletes enjoy biological and nonbiological advantages
Film director Sydney Pollack dies
Hollywood filmmaker Sydney Pollack, who won a pair of Academy Awards for the epic romance <i>Out of Africa</i> and earned praise for his acting stints in films such as…
Death of a madman driven sane by chess
So the king is dead, the game over. Bobby Fischer — perhaps the greatest player in the history of chess, certainly the most charismatic and controversial — has died of kidney…
Chess genius Bobby Fischer: From hero to fugitive
Bobby Fischer, who died on January 17 aged 64, was a high school dropout who may have been the greatest chess player of all time, but ended his life in eccentric seclusion. The…
Former chess champion Bobby Fischer dies
Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died of an unspecified illness, a spokesperson for the late champion said on Friday. He was 64. Fischer, who beat Russian Boris…