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.......

Freestyle Chess: It's Gukesh vs Caruana in quarters

IMAGE: India’s D Gukesh just about made it to the knock-out stage, edging out Vladimir Fedoseev of Slovenia and Levon Aronian of United States, the last two finishers in the round-robin......

Should Women's Chess Be Abolished?

'Scrapping titles like WIM, WGM and a separate women's category will kill women's interest in chess.' IMAGE: Grandmaster R Vaishali, flanked by her brother and fellow Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa,......

FIDE vs Carlsen intensifies: 'Will you resign?'

Carlsen accuses FIDE chief of broken promises.  IMAGE: The 34-year-old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen was reacting to FIDE's statement on Monday in which it declared that efforts to work out a......

World Champ Gukesh dreams of chess in Olympics

Newly-crowned world chess champion D Gukesh is looking forward to the day when the sport will become a part of the Olympic curriculum, which, he said, would take it to an altogether different level......