At the time of their famous match, the Soviet Union had compiled an unbroken streak of world chess championships that stretched back decades. After his loss, Spassky went home to a cold reception ...

Venkatesh’s achievement is part of a broader resurgence in Indian chess, following Gukesh Dommaraju’s historic win in the ...

is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they walked out of a meeting representatives of Bobby Fischer ...

It’s been more than two months since D. Gukesh became the youngest world chess champion. But the celebrations haven’t stopped ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...