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A devoted and skilled chess player, he covered the championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer in Reykjavík, Iceland in 1972. One of Schonberg's books not on music was Grandmasters of Chess. He also reviewed mysteries and thrillers for The New York Times under the pseudonym Newgate Callender.
Schonberg was also an avid golfer, though a poor one by his own estimation. He co-authored the book How To Play Double Bogey Golf (1975) along with Hollis Alpert, founder of the National Society of Film Critics, and fellow author Ira Mothner. Schonberg, Mothner and Alpert played golf frequently together, according to the book.
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