Boris Vasilievich Spassky (Russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. He is the oldest living former world champion. Spassky...
Anatoly Karpov turns 65
The 12th World Champion A.E. Karpov Dear Anatoly Evgenievich, On behalf of the World Chess Federation uniting 187 member-Federations and me personally, please accept our most cordial congratulations on your 65th anniversary! Your outstanding achievements have become an important...
Kramnik turns 40
Dear Vladimir, On behalf of the FIDE Presidential Board and myself let me congratulate you on your 40th anniversary! On this remarkable day, I would like to wish you success, more bright victories and good luck in all your...
A big THANK YOU!
I would like to sincerely thank all of you for your warm happy birthday wishes. By early afternoon, I received more than 10,000 birthday messages via email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, Blog, texts, phone calls, etc. By the end...
Chess legend Karpov turns 63!
Photo: Susan Polgar, Mikhail Gorbachev, Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, PhD (Russian: Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, Anatolij Evgen’evič Karpov; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975...
Happy Birthday to the Bulgarian Chess Queen!
Happy Birthday to former Women’s World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar