Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — Chess is a cerebral game, but legendary Soviet grand master Garry Kasparov could make it seem like a contact sport.
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Two weeks ago, the world’s top chess authorities voted to sharply rebuke Russia for ...
A Russian chess grandmaster and outspoken supporter of President Vladimir Putin has been banned from competition for six months over his recent comments about the war in Ukraine. The International ...
Russia is accused of usurping control of the game in areas of Ukraine captured by Russian forces since 2022.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has issued a firm statement regarding the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC) and its recent communications, specifically addressing the issue of World ...
In the summer of 1972, Henry Kissinger made a clandestine phone call. President Richard M. Nixon’s adviser wasn’t calling a head of state or ringing a diplomat. He instead phoned the American chess ...
MOSCOW (AP) — 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 ...
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.