If you are a super-elite chess player, odds are that you’ve spent the past week in St. Louis. Ten of the world’s best have been there competing in the Sinquefield Cup — a tournament that was founded ...

Forty years ago, one of the longest and most controversial chess matches in history came to an abrupt end. The 1984-85 World Chess Championship between defending champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger ...

April 8 (Reuters) - Chess will crown a new world champion when Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren begin their battle on Sunday in the shadow of incumbent Magnus Carlsen, who voluntarily relinquished ...

KOLKATA: Credited with the invention of chess, not until 1987 India had a grandmaster. And now the nation has a world champion and produced six GMs - four men and two women - in the past four years.

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Chess will crown a new world champion when Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren begin their battle on Sunday in ...

Chess will crown a new world champion when Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren begin their battle on Sunday in the shadow of incumbent Magnus Carlsen, who voluntarily relinquished the title he held ...