GM Nigel Short on His Becoming the Candidate Who Challenged Kasparov in the 1990's

This talk was just delivered by GM Short at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in......drum roll, please.....Gibraltar. Interesting in the extreme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epOzuqo_38Q

An Interesting Question About a Fischer Request

"In the 1970s Bobby Fischer surprisingly asked me for something. He liked to have a copy of the book Dr. Karel Treybal by Ladislav Prokes. I immediately sent the book to the USA. But why did he want to have it? Does anyone have a plausible explanation for this strange request?"

https://en.chessbase.com/post/remembering-karel-treybal

Bobby Fischer Died Ten Years Ago ON this Day

May he rest in peace with a peace he didn't know in this lifetime. A nice article can be found on Chessbase.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/bobby-fischer-s-final-days

Of Frank J. Marshall, Cigarettes and Advertising

Chess, Women and Advertising

Now, if we could use chess and some sensuality to sell the game in the US.............