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 ...

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 ...

TASS/. The Ethics Commission of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) has banned 13th world champion Garry Kasparov and former general secretary Ignatius Leong from holding any office or position in ...

The United States on April 15 lifted sanctions imposed in January on the head of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's cabinet, Antal Rogan, over accusations of corruption and cronyism.

“He has unique chess talents,” says Kasparov, who trained Carlsen for a year back in 2009. “I would say that he is a combination of Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov [the Russian world ...

The previous record-holder for the youngest chess world champion was Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov. He was 22 when he won in 1985 - a time when Russia and the former Soviet Union dominated ...

Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tiebreak victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan. Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World ...