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On July 26, 2006, 19 year old Jessie Gilbert fell from the 8th floor window of her hotel room in the Czech Republic. Five years ago today, her father was acquitted of repeatedly raping her.
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Much has been written about Bobby Fischer, but the written word is a poor substitute for an hour and a half documentary featuring archive footage, like this fine effort from the BBC.
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Should chess be taught in British schools? This question has been raised recently, and was asked again recently on BBC TV’s Breakfast news programme.
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A short report on the forthcoming Mind Sports Olympiad - now in its 15th year - which will be held in London, England at the end of August.
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A detachment of NYPD officers wearing bullet-proof vests swept through a Manhattan park and issued criminal charges against seven men. Their crime? Playing chess without a child present.
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The remains of chess legend Robert J. “Bobby” Fischer will soon be exhumed to determine if he had a daughter, and to settle his estate.
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Chess champion Bobby Fischer died in Iceland from an undisclosed illness, according to his rep Gardar Sverrisson. He was living in exile in Iceland after being wanted for an arrest warrant in the U.S. He was 64.
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School children in Michigan and around the nation are being taught to play chess. It is seen as a fun and promising way to help students develop their math and critical thinking skills.
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Alexander Pichushkin has been convicted of forty-eight murders. He is known as the ‘chessboard killer’ or the ‘Bittsa maniac.’ It is said that he recorded the murders on a chessboard.
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One more Derren Brown clip here which shows us how incredible this man's memory works as he attempts to foil some of the greatest Chess players in the world
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Jessie helping out with the analysis in South Korea. This was the first international chess tournament ever organised there, by Adam Raoof, and was won by Jessie.
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