Samuel Reshevsky

Ten of the best Russian chess players met the 10 best from the world at large in a match expected to demonstrate Russia's mastery of world chess. The result was a near tie and a Soviet catastrophe

Chess, bird watching and the Olympic Fund may not appear at first glance to be closely related, but as I ran into them one day last week, they were. Each had a story to tell about what happens, as something so often...