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 ...

Following his World Chess Championship victory, D Gukesh visits the Tirumala Temple in Andhra Pradesh, shaving his head to ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.