Some chess players dream of retiring and then travelling the world playing in tournaments. Michael Dougherty is living that dream.
“I started playing in the aftermath of the Bobby Fischer era,” says Dougherty, 61. Following Fischer’s victory in the world championship over Boris Spassky, there was a huge boom in chess activity that inspired many players to take up the game.
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