Some of the game's greatest have had trouble playing against the clock. Not so Bobby Fischer, who was a lord of time.

The chess player's mind is not necessarily a criminal one - but two consummate players did turn out to be murderers

Russian chess champion Peter Svidler's obsession with English cricket is such that he signs off his emails with "Strauss for Prime Minister"

Anthony Miles, Britain's first chess grandmaster, died ten years ago this November, but not before his talents sparked a UK chess boom