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Browse notable chess players such as Gary Kasparov, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov.
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Bobby Fischer
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Bobby Fischer
Chess Player / 1943 - 2008
Bobby Fischer is best known for being the first American grandmaster of chess.
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Boris Vasilyevich Spassky
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Boris Vasilyevich Spassky
Chess Player / 1937 -
Boris Vasilyevich Spassky is a Russian chess master who attained the rank of international grand master in 1955.
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Gary Kasparov
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Gary Kasparov
Chess Player / 1963 -
Russian Gary Kasparov became the youngest world chess champion in 1985. He formed the Professional Chess Association with English grandmaster Nigel Short. -
José Raúl Capablanca
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José Raúl Capablanca
Chess Player / 1888 - 1942
Chess master José Raúl Capablanca won the world championship (1921) from Emanuel Lasker and lost it (1927) to Alexander Alekhine.
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Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
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Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
Chess Player / 1951 -
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov was a Russian chess grandmaster and world champion from 1975-1985.
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