Anatoly Karpov

Chess titans Kasparov and Karpov meet again — 25 years on

Gone were the little Soviet flags, but it was clear that the old rivalry between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov was still there.

Staff Reporter

4 min read

ALQAEDA

19 JAN 2008

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…

Stephen Moss

9 min read