Petrosian, Tigran (1929-1984)

Petrosian, Tigran (1929-1984)

Petrosian, Tigran (1929 – 1984) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Vartanovich Alias:    “Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it. Chess can convey as much...
Spassky, Boris (1937)

Spassky, Boris (1937)

Spassky, Boris (1937 -) Alternative last name spellings: Spasky. Alternative first name spellings: Vasilievich. Alias:    GENERAL INFO Description: Boris Spassky is a Russian chess Grandmaster and World Chess Championship from 1969 to 1972. He is known to have been...
Fischer, Bobby (1943-2008)

Fischer, Bobby (1943-2008)

Fischer, Robert James (1943 – 2008) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Robert J. Alias: Bobby   “I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.”   GENERAL INFO Description: Fischer was an American chess...
Karpov, Anatoly (1951)

Karpov, Anatoly (1951)

Karpov, Anatoly (1951 -) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Yevgenyevich Alias:    “If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.”   GENERAL INFO Description: Karpov is a great...
Kasparov, Garry (1963)

Kasparov, Garry (1963)

Kasparov, Garry (1963 -) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Kimovich Alias: El ogro de Bakú / L’ogre de Bakou   “The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.”   GENERAL INFO...