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Parker managed to dig the ball out to save the play and Koufax's perfect game. Kessinger hit a dribbler down the third base line, but Jim Gilliam was playing shallow (to guard against the bunt) and threw him out by half a step. Hendley, who still had a no-hitter going of his own, struck out on three pitches. [1]
But he is perhaps best remembered for his match-ups against Baseball Hall of Fame left-hander Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers for two classic pitchers' duels while Hendley was a member of the 1965 Cubs. On September 9 at Dodger Stadium, Hendley allowed only one hit, but Koufax threw a perfect game and defeated Hendley, 1–0.
Garry Kasparov was the world's highest-rated player on FIDE's rating list for a record 255 months, a number that is well ahead of all other world number ones since the inception of the list. [109] Before the list, Emanuel Lasker was the world's highest-rated player for 292 months between June 1890 and December 1926 according to Chessmetrics.
[180] [181] During one spring training visit in 2014, Koufax was hit on the head by a stray line drive, resulting in a cut on his head. [182] [183] He underwent a precautionary CT scan and returned to the spot where he had been hit the following day. [184] Koufax retired from the front office role prior to the 2016 season. [185]
FIDE, the governing body of international chess, celebrates its 75th anniversary. A number of FIDE's member federations, including Argentina, are excluded over the non-payment of fees. [12] Alexander Baburin launches Coffee-break Chess, an online newspaper for chess fans and a forerunner to his Chess Today and Grandmaster Square ventures. [13]
Chess grandmaster Christopher Yoo, 17, was banned from the 2024 U.S. Championships after having an outburst. The teenager "crumpled his scoresheet, stormed out of the tournament hall, and struck a ...
FIDE publishes lists of highest-rated girl chess players; a "girl" is defined as being a player who is aged under 20 at the start of the year, and female. The following is a list of the players ranked number one girl in the FIDE rating system from January 2000 to the present day, along with their ratings during the periods in question.
Look out, there’s another chess prodigy on the scene.. At eight years, six months and 11 days, Ashwath Kaushik made history on Sunday by becoming the youngest player ever to beat a chess ...