He was known for playing some of the least respected openings, including the Grob, the Creepy Crawly or the St. George Defense. But he was often successful. By Dylan Loeb McClain Michael Basman, an ...

Chess is a game of just a handful of pieces — king, queen, bishop, knight, rook and pawn — but an infinite number of characters. We too often focus on the game’s very best players, and forget it is ...

Michael Basman, chess champion known as a quirky tactician and a keen promoter of the game – obituary An International Master, he created the UK Chess Challenge and was described as ‘in many ways the ...