The history of chess is riddled with missed opportunities.

Those who disliked the programme claim that the moves were hard to follow, and that the players and presenter were too hyped ...

The 1984-85 World Chess Championship between defending champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger Garry Kasparov was abandoned after 48 games, sparking debates that continue to this day. The five ...

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 ...

Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries.

In 1929 and 1930, the Cambridge top board lost his queen very early, once to a knight fork and then to a bishop pin. Matches ...

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen isn’t just the standout chess player in the current generation, he is also considered one of the greatest to have ever played the sport. And in his recent appearance on ‘The ...

Divided into three parts and spread across 10 chapters, The Chess Revolution effectively covers aspects such as the meaning ...

One of the first to react was Soviet grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, who told TASS state news agency: "He was always one of my main idols." Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby ...

Credit: J. Walter Green / AP One of the first to react was Soviet grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, who told TASS state news agency: "He was always one of my main idols." Spassky is best remembered for ...