Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention ...

Russian-born chess grandmaster and émigré Gennadi “Genna” Sosonko still remembers where he was 40 years ago today, when he heard that the 1984-85 World Championship ... it was 2 a.m. and ...

The 1972 showdown between Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky and American grandmaster Bobby Fischer, which was dubbed ...

He remained unbeaten and topped the table with nine points. This marks India's third consecutive success in world chess championships, with earlier wins by D Gukesh and Divya Deshmukh. Pranav is ...

India's Pranav Venkatesh clinched the World Junior Chess Championship (Under-20) held in Montenegro, remaining undefeated with seven victories and four draws. This marks a significant achievement ...

The 18-year-old, who hopes to play the World Cup and the Candidates, said he aims to reach 2700 Elo (current Elo 2615) this ...

is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they walked out of a meeting representatives of Bobby Fischer ...

Turner revealed he received treatment for bone cancer after his State of the City address on Nov. 2, 2022 ... compiled an unbroken streak of world chess championships that stretched back decades.