In a rare double unlikely to be replicated, the new world chess champion is an 18-year-old grandmaster from the Indian city ...

The majestic Weissenhaus estate has been owned by nobles, survived a devastating fire and hosted world leaders. Its striking ...

Let's take a look at the top five male chess players who have spent the longest period as World No. 1. A Soviet Union/Russian ...

Former world champion Garry Kasparov wrote on X that Spassky “was never above befriending and mentoring the next generation, especially those of us who, like him, didn’t fit comfortably into the ...

Soviet-era world chess champion Boris Spassky, whose clash against American Bobby Fischer in 1972 was seen as a proxy to Cold ...

Mumbai: Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion whose 1972 clash with Bobby Fischer became a defining tableau of Cold ...

Forever hyphenated with American Bobby Fischer, the genial Russian GM's most iconic moment came when he stood to applaud ...

Boris Vasilievich Spassky was a fascinating person and a great champion. I had a privilege to dine and talk to him on many occasions and i remember his wonderful sense of humor and witty words. He was ...

FORMER chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died aged 88. The Russian became world champion in 1969. He still held the title as he took part in the “match of the century” against ...

Many of the best board games tend to be geared towards smaller groups of players. So what's one to do when you have a party or other gathering of fun-loving friends in higher numbers? Thankfully ...

The World Chess Championship of 1972, between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, became a proxy for the Cold War between the ...