At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer and another in an unlikely turn of events.

A tactic used in a 1960 victory over countryman David Bronstein — in which Mr. Spassky sacrificed a rook to open an attack on ...

CHENNAI: The king had arrived home and that led to ... We are basically two dead people playing chess and mistakes happen in those moments," he said. Gukesh had also displayed his ability to ...

Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion, has died at the age of 88 in Moscow ... along with Yevgeny Malkin and recently crowned goals king Alexander Ovechkin ...

Tennyson Olisa wrote his name in chess history by winning the first-ever Africa Super Zonal Chess Championship in Lagos, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 22-year-old Nigerian was in beast mode ...