1988

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January 01, 1988

• The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield, Massachusetts Friday, January 01, 1988 - Page 6 — 'Chess' Musical's Opening Checkmated in New York — The British and American producers of the musical “Chess” have postponed indefinitely an American production of the show, leaving in question when — and if — the musical will open in New York. … A changing political climate, also, has affected the show's fortunes. ★ · ★ · ★ · ★ Read More

• Muncie Evening Press Muncie, Indiana Friday, January 01, 1988 - Page 1 — Muncie Man Wins State Chess Title for Fourth Time in Six Years · — The biggest chess victory for James A. Mills might have come when he was about 13 years old. That's when he defeated his father for the first time. “When I beat him for the first time, I got to play in a tournament. He entered me in a local tourney,” Mills said. Now age 29, Mills, of 2208 N. Milton, has played tournament chess ever since. Last weekend, he won the Indiana state chess championship for the fourth time in the past six years … ★ Read More

• Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut Friday, January 01, 1988 - Page 44 — Yale Team Wins Chess Tournament — Yale University won the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Championship in chess with 7½ points, a tournament director said. The University of Toronto was second, with 6½ points, followed by Harvard University, with 6, Daniel Burg said of Wednesday's competition. Harvard and the University of Chicago were defending champions in the eight-round competition, which began Saturday. The tournament drew 38 four-member teams from 27 universities in the United States and Canada. ★ · ★ · ★ · ★ · ★ · ★ Read More

• The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Friday, January 01, 1988 - Page 46 — Humor Behind the Stethoscope — “For example, in a section of the book entitled “Time Deals New Wounds,” Dr. Leslie Iffy of the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark was moved to write after viewing an ad in which two elderly gentlemen playing chess make this claim: “Librium rarely affects mental acuity at recommended doses.”
  Iffy—obviously a chess player — notes: “It is with regret that I comment that the positions of the black knights and bishop and the fact that the man facing us missed one move in the opening game strongly suggest the opposite.” Read More

• Tampa Bay Times St. Petersburg, Florida Friday, January 01, 1988 - Page 48 — Chess by Shelby Lyman

January 27, 1988

• Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Wednesday, January 27, 1988 - Page 10 — Masterly Analysis — Former world champion chess player Boris Spassky analyses the previous day's matches at the World Chess Festival in Saint John, N.B. Spassky's match against American Bobby Fischer in the '70s sparked international interest in the game of chess. Read More

Masterly Analysis 27 Jan 1988, Wed Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) Newspapers.com

January 31, 1988

• Scrantonian Tribune Scranton, Pennsylvania Sunday, January 31, 1988 - Page 12 — Freedom Gained, It's Back To Chess — Back when Bobby Fischer held the world chess championship, Boris Gulko was a young Soviet grandmaster and one of his country's top hopes to win back the title. Instead, he became a dissident — staging hunger strikes and demonstrations for seven years before being permitted to emigrate in 1986. Read More

August 28, 1988

• The Gazette Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sunday, August 28, 1988 - Page 2 — Chess Chief Wants Champ To Apologize

December 11, 1988

• The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Sunday, December 11, 1988 - Page 312 — Schism Pits FIDE Head Against World Champion