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6 results found for '"Chess"' in Keywords.
Naomi James on her voyage around the globe (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; Music
Adventurer Naomi James, the first British woman to sail around the world single-handed, describes overcoming difficulties at Cape Horn near New Zealand. James spent some of her time carving a chess set and...
Nicholas Smith on Sussex hostage ordeal (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Solicitor Nicholas Smith, his son Benjamin, and school friend Alastair Crawford, talk about their ordeal after they were held hostage in their Sussex home following the shooting of a policeman. Smith tells...
Romania’s top chess player seeks asylum in UK (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Knight reports on the case of Mihai Suba, Romania’s top chess grand master, who says he wants to defect to Britain. He has applied to the Home Office for political asylum, leaving his wife and one son...
Raymond Keene on chess move map in murder case (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Chess correspondent of the Times and grandmaster, Raymond Keene on being called in by police to consult on a map with chess moves on it which was found on a suspected murderer, and his belief that he has...
World chess champion on intimidation claims (1993)
- Genre
- Press conference
Press conference by world chess champion Gary Kasparov over claims by his British opponent, Nigel Short, that the KGB had trained him in intimidation, he says his conscience is clean and that the problem is...
Man-computer chess contest (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Deeley interviews Frederick Friedel who devised the world’s best computer chess programme Fritz, which world chess champion Gary Kasparov is to play tomorrow in London, in the decider of a three...