A half century of chess

He beat Bobby Fischer once. True, this was only in a 'blitz' game, but it's still an achievement. In a few days time he becomes the author of the longest-running chess column ever - 'beating George Koltanowski's column in the San Francisco Chronicle, which ran for 51 years nine months and 18 days from 1948 to 2000'. 'He' is Leonard Barden. (You can find links for his column if you scroll down here.)