Played under the competition’s old rules, where the champion is the first to win six games and draws are worth nothing, the 1984 World Chess Championship began on September 10. Nine games and 25 ...

Chess is getting ready to make its foray into Esports with teams recruiting top players ahead of this summer's Esports World ...

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

Mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton has said that a minor tweak in room temperature helped D Gukesh overcome fatigue on his ...

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, has died in Moscow.

“The popularity of the game has never been as high as ... on its authority by seeking to brand a Freestyle Chess event as a world championship. FIDE previously hosted a Chess960 world ...

He "left an indelible mark on the game." The televised 1972 match ... the Soviet Union had compiled an unbroken streak of world chess championships that stretched back decades.

Pranav Venkatesh of India clinched the World Junior Chess Championship (Under-20) title by securing a draw against Slovenia's Matic Levrencic. Venkatesh's undefeated streak, featuring seven wins and ...

Chess grandmaster Nigel Short, widely regarded as one of the greatest British chess players ever, visited Guam on Friday as ...

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand's rich praise for Pranav: "He's just gifted. One thing which stood out was his ...

He “left an indelible mark on the game.” The televised 1972 match ... is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972 ...