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The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) is a nonprofit collecting institution in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.Founded in 1984, it features chess exhibits, engages in educational outreach, and maintains a list of inductees to the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame and World Chess Hall of Fame.
Famous photographer Stanley Kubrick played chess at Washington Square Park, which served as a filming site for multiple chess movies filmed in the late 20th century. [3] In 1972, Bobby Fischer played in the World Chess Championship, representing the US, facing Boris Spassky of the USSR in Reykjavik. The match was broadcast worldwide, and the ...
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
Filipino chess legend Eugene Torre is now a Hall of Famer. Torre, the first grandmaster (GM) from Asia, was officially inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame on Oct. 5 at the St. Louis ...
The Bobby Fischer Center has on display photos, the scoresheets, a printout for the radiation measurements demanded by Boris Spassky's delegation after the 17th game and a replica of the chessboard used during the World Chess Championship 1972.
Susanna "Sonja" Graf [1] (December 16, 1908 – March 6, 1965) was a German and American chess player. She was a women's world championship runner-up and a two-time U.S. women's champion. In 2016, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. [2]
Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday.
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