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Chess news: Tobey Maguire Playing Bobby Fischer? — Maguire might have just lost a franchise character in Spider-man, but it looks like he might be playing famous chess icon, Bobby Fischer, in the film "Pawn Sacrifice". Pawn Sacrifice follows Bobby Fischer who has to face the Russian chess champion, Boris Spassky, in 1972, in a game filled with Cold War overtones. Basically think Rocky IV just slightly geekier (only slightly). The film is being written by Steven Knight, who is also working on Matt Damon’s recently announced Robert F. Kennedy biopic, has apparently had the script written for Pawn Sacrifice for some time. No doubt the film will focus more on the earlier days of Fisher before he became a recluse, and started ... The f-pawn, part 4: what to do when it goes wrong? — Black has taken White's f-pawn, leaving White exposed. Is there a way to deal with it? RB Over the last few chess columns we have been looking at the f-pawn as battering ram – an early, bullish advance to break open the enemy king's position with sheer aggression. But here the f-pawn has been exchanged very early – on the seventh move! There is no ram with which to batter, and the rook on f1, the usual beneficiary of any successful f-pawn push, is staring down at a solid phalanx of enemy pawns. Manoeuvring rather than force seems to be called for. But manoeuvre what where? Looking at White's own setup, there's an obvious target for ... Chess Federation Updates Its Drug Policy. Why? — The World Chess Federation, the governing body of the game of chess, released new “antidoping rules” for chess players on Tuesday. The rules replace, or update, previous guidelines. Drug testing was begun several years ago to bring the federation, and chess, in line with the rules and requirements of the International Olympic Committee and other international sporting organizations. Part of the reason was to get chess included in the Olympics — an idea that seemed far-fetched, at best. Chess players have complained about drug testing and pointed out that, aside from caffeine — which many competitors consider essential — there are no drugs that can ... | |