A six‑time world champion and winner of more tournaments than anyone, he remains a towering symbol of the sport ...

Former world champion has criticised Magnus Carlsen for stepping away from the World Chess Championship cycle, calling it ...

D Gukesh has faced criticism from some of the greatest names in chess history, from Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov to Magnus Carlsen, over his loss of form since becoming the youngest world ...

Russian-born chess grandmaster and émigré Gennadi “Genna” Sosonko still remembers where he was 40 years ago today, when he heard that the 1984-85 World Championship match in Moscow between Garry ...

The international chess world descended into chaos and bitter accusations of cheating today with the controversial re-election of the president of the World Chess Federation, who defeated the former ...

One of the fiercest and most politically charged rivalries in world chess resumed today when former world champions Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov arrived in the Spanish city of Valencia for a ...

Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov has been hospitalized in Moscow with a traumatic brain injury and a fractured leg after falling under mysterious circumstances. Media reports quoted ...

Karpov-Kasparov, KK2 16th match game, 1985. Black to play and win. Four titles made it to our chess book of the year shortlist: 100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesus de la Villa; Forcing Chess Moves by ...