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What question does our ChessBase Workshop columnist receive more often than any other? Go ahead amd guess — and we’ll bet you get it wrong. Steve Lopez reveals the single most burning question on the minds of his longtime readers in the latest ChessBase Workshop.

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July 15, 1972. Reykjavik, Iceland. After threatening to abandon the World Championship match and leave Iceland, Challenger Bobby Fischer appears for game three, in a back room of the theatre. There he discovers that a closed-circuit television camera for the audience in the main hall. “No cameras!” he roars. Prof. Christian Hesse recounts the harrowing events surrounding the match.

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During the Bilbao Masters tournament Veselin Topalov’s manager IM Silvio Danailov told journalists that there were no news regarding the Topalov vs Kamsky match. Now Stefan Sergiev, President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation has appealed to FIDE President: “Mr. Ilyumzhinov, please inform me where and when the match will take place!” We await an answer.

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During the Bilbao Masters tournament Veselin Topalov’s manager IM Silvio Danailov told journalists that there were no news regarding the Topalov vs Kamsky match. Now Stefan Sergiev, President of the Bulgarian Chess Federation has appealed to FIDE President: “Mr. Ilyumzhinov, please inform me where and when the match will take place!” Full story, now with official corrections.

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As a child John Healy discovered that drink offered a release from his violent and unpredictable father. For fifteen years he dossed, drank and fought in the grass arena – the parks and open spaces of London. And spent time in prison. On one occasion he learnt chess – and became hooked. After a decade out of print Healy’s gripping tale is now published as a Penguin Classic.

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The Harlem Children’s Zone is staging a Chess Festival on Sunday, September 28th. It features free chess lessons, a free drawing for 300 chess sets and T-shirts, problem-solving contests and free refreshments. As part of the celebration, Kasparov will play 20 games simultaneously against student players from Harlem. Press release.

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The Republican candidate announced that he would miss the debate scheduled
for later tonight, then he decided to participate. Not in a debate, apparently,
but in a chess match, as WGM (and author, and webmaster) Jennifer Shahade tells
us. She has published the game with full commentary by the candidates. It ends
in a nice checkmate by a pawn on e5.

Parody.