Russian Grandmaster Boris Spassky passes away at 88

IMAGE: Former World chess champion Bobby Fischer (right) gestures during his September 1992 match against his archrival Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, in the Yugoslav resort of Sveti Stefan.......

Chithambaram crushes Keymer; Praggnanandhaa held

IMAGE: Aravindh Chithambaram crashed through the defences of Germany's Vincent Keymer in the second round of the Prague Masters on Thursday. Photograph: ChessBase India/X Grandmaster R......

World Chess: Can Classical Gukesh end stalemate vs Liren?

The next three games wherein Gukesh will play with two whites and a solo black is perhaps the best opportunity for the Indian to go ahead in the match and put pressure. IMAGE: Ding Liren and D......

Meet the undisputed chess king...

Norway's Carlsen wins World Chess Championship for fourth time IMAGE: Magnus Carlsen retains world title. Photograph: FIDE/Twitter Norwegian Magnus Carlsen won the world chess championship......

World Chess Championship officials sue to stop pirating of match

Organizers of the World Chess Championship sued on Monday to block a trio of website operators from broadcasting chess moves at the November 11-30 match in New York, which is expected to draw......