chess Chessboxing: the 'Intellectual Fight Club' hits hard in hometown Berlin The sport, born and based in the German capital, continues to knock out onlookers with its unusual matches.
chess Chess referee recalls 'Cold War clash' The 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky was almost abandoned but for a timely intervention from German arbiter Lothar Schmid. He tells the story on its 40th anniversary.