I taught my younger brother how to play chess when I was in junior high and he was in elementary school. I took pleasure in routinely beating him despite his being a beginner. But he quickly caught up ...

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, the world chess champion whose career was overshadowed by his loss to Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88. His death was announced by ...

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.

Seven-year-old Pragnika Vaka Lakshmi, Under-7 Girls champion at the FIDE World Schools Chess Championship 2025, met PM ...

Fourth grade teacher Kevin Johnson has crowned chess champions for the past 29 years at Riverside Elementary School in Brainerd. Riverside Elementary School fourth graders Ava Cortinas, left, Sawyer ...

As far as chess tournaments go, the Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open are not what you would describe as big-time events. The highest-ranked players from either event last year didn't even ...

About the Saint Louis Chess Club The Saint Louis Chess Club is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization that is committed to making chess an important part of our community. In addition to providing a ...

Dr. Bei Zeng was a chess champion in China until a supercomputer’s victory over the world’s best player put her on a path to the forefront of quantum computing as a physics professor at The University ...

World champion D Gukesh has withdrawn from the 2026 Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata due to personal reasons and ...

Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik is being investigated for bullying and harassment over his comments about a rival, Daniel Naroditsky, world chess governing body FIDE has announced.