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Here is a video interview with Bobby Fischer held on a park bench just before he beat Boris Spassky.

From Sunstar.com: “Morelia/Linares 2007 has a notable absentee—World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. At first I was rather surprised that he was not invited to play but the reason, I think, is that he is on a honeymoon. He just got married to a journalist for Le Figaro, a beautiful girl named Marie Laure. By the way, […]

Veselin Topalov (IPA: [ve.se’lin to’pÉ‘.lof]; Bulgarian: Веселин Топалов) (born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. In the January 2007 FIDE rating list, he is ranked number one in the world with an Elo rating of 2783.[1] His current trainer and manager is International Master Silvio Danailov. Topalov became […]

Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbek: Rustam Qosimjonov; Russian: Рустам Касымджанов) (born December 5, 1979) is a chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan. In the Uzbek language, which since 1992 has officially used Latin script, his name is written “Qosimjonov”. He was the FIDE world champion during 2004-05. His best results include first in the 1998 Asian Championship, second in […]

Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Руслан Пономарьов; Russian: Русла́н Пономарёв) (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE world champion. In the January 2007 FIDE Elo rating list, Ponomariov had a rating of 2723, making him number fourteen in the world and the Ukrainian number two, behind Vassily Ivanchuk. His highest ever rating […]

Viswanathan Anand (born December 11, 1969 in Chennai (then called Madras), India) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. In the January 2007 FIDE Elo rating list, Anand has a rating of 2779, making him the number two in the world (after Veselin Topalov). Anand is one of only four players in […]

Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (born January 18, 1966 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess player. He gained the International Grandmaster title in 1990 with one particularly good early result being his first place in the 1990 New York Open ahead of a host of strong players. His most notable achievement was winning the FIDE World Chess […]

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: Владимир Борисович Крамник) (born June 25, 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster and the current undisputed World Chess Champion. Since January 2007 Kramnik has been rated 2766 in the FIDE Elo rating list, ranking third in the world. In October 2000, he beat Garry Kasparov in a sixteen game match played […]

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров; (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. Kasparov became the youngest ever World Chess Champion in 1985. He held the official FIDE world title until 1993. In 1993, a dispute with FIDE led Kasparov to set up a rival […]

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Russian: Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов) (born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He is the most successful tournament player of all time, and as of July 2005 he has 161 first-place finishes to his credit. From 1978 to 1998 he played in every FIDE World Championship match. […]