Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64. By The ...

Fred Waitzkin is the author of "Searching for Bobby Fischer" (Penguin, 1993) and, most recently, "The Last Marlin: The Story of a Father and Son." I recall a crisp, terribly exciting fall afternoon in ...

Kas-pa-rov, author of How Life Imitates Chess, was the worlds top-ranked player from 1985 until he retired from the game in 2005I.C. Rapoport / Camera Press / Retna It is hard to say exactly when I ...

Bobby Fischer, 64, an eccentric genius many considered the greatest chess player in the history of the game and who remains the only American of the modern era to win a world championship, died Jan.