Another excerpt from my upcoming autobiography (March 11, 2025) If anything, the hostile treatment I was getting from the authorities was the best motivator I could have hoped for, because my chess improved by leaps and bounds during...
Up Against the Big Guns
π πππππΎπ πππΎπ½πππΎπ½ πΎππΌπΎπππ πΏπππ ππ πππΌπππππ πΊππππ»πππππΊπππ (πΎπππΎπΌππΎπ½ ππ π»πΎ ππΎπ πΎπΊππΎπ½ πΏππ πΆπππΎπ’π π§ππππππ π¬ππππ π€π’π€π§) …the classical chess tournaments that had defined my career up until that point started to feel unsatisfying, repetitive even. So I began to...
Locked Behind the Iron Curtain
Another unedited excerpt from my upcoming autobiography (expected to be out on March 11, 2025): For the next few years, I became a prisoner of sorts, locked behind the Iron Curtain, not sure if I would ever be allowed...
The Final Hurdle To History!
Another unedited excerpt of my upcoming autobiography: The final hurdle to making history! We ended the year (1990) back in Spain, for a tournament in Pamplona, the city best known for its famous “running of the bulls.” Locally, it’s...