Chess in the arts Poul Anderson's short story "Immortal Game", inspired by the 1851 game played by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky (which also appears in the film "Blade Runner"); or Waldemar Łysiak's "Szachista" (), centered on a game played between Napoleon Bonaparte and The Turk. The game Frank Poole versus HAL 9000 from the film "" is also based on an actual match, albeit not widely known. Other artists drawn their inspirations from the life of players. Vladimir Nabokov wrote "The Defense" after learning about Curt von Bardeleben, while the musical "Chess" was loosely based on the life of Bobby Fischer. Some authors
Chess columns in newspapers History and Reminiscences" estimated that there were 150 chess columns. Less than thirty years later in 1913 H. J. R. Murray in his "A History of Chess" estimated there existed at least 1,000 chess columns worldwide. American Grandmaster Robert Byrne wrote a column for "The New York Times" from 1972 to 2006. GM Lubomir Kavalek's column in "The Washington Post" ran from 1986-2010. GM Nigel Short wrote a chess column for the "Sunday Telegraph" from 1995-2005, and then for "The Guardian" from 2005 to 2006. GM Jon Speelman wrote for "The Guardian" from 2005 to 2008. GM Patrick Wolff was