When we were Kings Index

A series of posts dedicated to chess in the 1970s:-



When we were Kings

WwwK
- Why the 1970s was a golden age for chess.

WwwK VI
- In the 1970s chess was mainstream news not a specialist interest.

Trio
- Back in the day, if they couldn't be arsed they didn't have to turn up

If you tolerate this, your chessboard will be next
- Manic Street Preachers have a bash at '70s chess (and are not entirely succesful)

WwwK XII
- They made a musical about chess in the 70s. Now they're bringing it back, but they're trying to leave out the chess. And the 70s.

WwwK XIII
- Magnus Carlsen wasn't the first Westerner to drop out of a Candidates' tournament

WwwK XIV
- A nice day for a white wedding

WwwK XV
- Bernard Levin writes ...

WwwK XVI
- a Karpov simul reported on the front page The Times

WwwK XVII
- a Sunday Times interview with the 12-year-old Nigel Short

WwwK XVIII
- '70s journalism wasn't all that it might have been: the curious case of Ray Keene's Buenos Aires Olympiad experience

WwwK XIX
- A visit to St. Albans to meet an old chess champion

Soviet chess Grandmaster seeks asylum
- Korchnoi legs it from the Soviet Union
(NB: should really have been WwwK XX, but I forgot to include itl in the post title)

WwwK XX
- How the 1981 Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship match was previewed in The Times

WwwK XXI
- The Golden Age ends

WwwK XXII
- In 1978 Europe wanted the World Chess Championship




Korchnoi-Spassky, Belgrade 1977/78
One of the greatest matches of all time.

WwwK II
- an astonishing blunder in game 13 and the 'voodoo' explanation.

WwwK III
- did Spassky really have a private box built on the stage to launch 'mind control' attacks on Viktor?

WwwK IV
- Why did Spassky wear swimming googles during the final games of the match?

WwwK V
- Viktor and RDK survive a serious road accident on the way to Belgrade.

WwwK VII
- Korchnoi v Spassky was front page news ... and yes I do mean that literally.

WwwK VIII
- The match in crisis: Spassky threatened to walk out then Korchnoi refused to play. How the off-the-board rumble was reported in the press.

WwwK IX
- Korchnoi-Spassky, Belgrade 1977/78 was big news: big enough that the press reported games even when they weren't played.

The Killer French: A Review
- Not really in the WwwK stable, but this review contains the 18th and final game of the Korchnoi-Spassky match: an Advance French

WwwK X
- A photo of Spassky wearing his sun visor, a photo of the venue, a clarification ...

WwwK XI
- Spassky's comeback from 4-0 down

WwwK XXIII
- The 35th anniversary of Game 1