bobbyfischer Page index.xml - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
John Fisher's move of A's may have a snag; Jim Harbaugh avoids a choke job; the strange case of Luke Littler
There’s generally little hope for fans when it’s already been announced that their team will move to another city. That hope evaporates more when a league approves it, as MLB has done with the A’s move to Vegas. And yet, there’s always a sliver of light that can’t be extinguished when an owner is so...
Luke Littler: 16-year-old dart prodigy, or Robin Williams from <em>Jack</em>?
The darts world is abuzz over Luke Littler, a 16-year-old prodigy on the verge of winning the World Dart Championship. The Englishman burst onto the scene in this tournament, going from relative unknown to the sport’s Bobby Fischer (minus the racism and genius though I’m not sure those two can be tr...
![YouTubers test anal bead chess conspiracy [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/7e05e58ca509d81dcd881a7f407cb2ff.jpg)
YouTubers test anal bead chess conspiracy [Update]
Updated Nov. 15, 2023: British YouTubers Josh & Archie tested the conspiracy theory that Hans Niemann could have cheated and used an “adult toy” to beat Magnus Carlsen....
Searching for Bobby Fischer
In the mid-1980s, Bill Nack went searching for the chess master and recluse Bobby Fischer. He wrote about his experience for Sports Illustrated:...
Another Look At Bobby Fischer
Yesterday Rick posted on the death of the world champion chess master, Robert "Bobby" Fischer. While my colleague did a good job of memorializing the man's unparalleled accomplishments within the world of chess, his comments regarding Fischer's outspoken views against this country and my religion we...
Bobby Fischer's Endgame
"What is chess, do you think? Those who play for fun or not at all dismiss it as a game. The ones who devote their lives to it for the most part insist that it's a science. It's neither. Bobby Fischer got underneath it like no one before and found at its center, art." — Searching For Bobby Fischer. ...