Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...
Billionaire Ratcliffe’s big sports bet misfires
Magnus Carlsen, the five-time World Chess Champion and arguably the greatest player in history, has brought his peers and ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
Fischer Random is the future of chess: Arjun Erigaisi
India’s world No.4 in this interview says the Carlsen-backed format will grow in popularity in the coming years ...