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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...