Spassky, born in the Soviet Union’s Leningrad — now St. Petersburg, became chess World Champion in 1969, becoming the face of the daunting Russian chess machine. He famously defended his title ...

Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, center, 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 ...

Ding Liren’s Chinese compatriot Wei Yi had told The Indian Express that Ding had played in a basketball game with other chess ...

Russian Grandmaster Kateryna Lagno has withdrawn from the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix India 2025 in Pune, alleging bias against ...

India's greatest chess player, Viswanathan Anand, tried the trending 'pick your favourite' game to reveal his favourite World ...

TASS/. Russian two-time chess champion Vladislav Artemyev prefers playing fast chess to classic ones. Artemyev will participate in the Chess Cup of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), where he holds ...

A Russian drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro late on March 28 killed four people and sparked a large fire in a hotel and restaurant complex as well as multiple private homes ...

Chess-Carlsen rules out world championship return ... Sportscategory· February 28, 2025 Chess-Russian grandmaster Spassky dies aged 88 Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the ...

PARIS : Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky ... Spassky, who took French nationality in 1978, was the 10th World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969-1972, when he lost it to American ...