CHESS
June 2012
Despite being a keen chess player, Napoleon Bonaparte was more a pawn than a king on the board
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May 2012
Some of the game's greatest have had trouble playing against the clock. Not so Bobby Fischer, who was a lord of time.
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December 2011
The chess player's mind is not necessarily a criminal one - but two consummate players did turn out to be murderers
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November 2011
Russian chess champion Peter Svidler's obsession with English cricket is such that he signs off his emails with "Strauss for Prime Minister"
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