The ultimate underdog
It was an anniversary that much of the global media missed yesterday. And perhaps, because the millennials were born too late to have anything to do with it, the Twitterati missed it, too. It’s been 60 years since the proverbial David took on Goliath in the world of chess, but it is still called the game of the century.

American grandmaster Bobby Fischer was only 13 when he played a match against the then US national champion, Donald Bryne. Given Fischer’s talent, it was expected that he would put up a brief fight, but that he would employ moves skilful enough to beat Bryne was something no one had imagined. Fischer went on to become the then youngest ever grandmaster at 15. The rest, as they say, is history.