Gukesh has now become the youngest Candidate in history, three years younger than Garry Kasparov, who went on to become the world champion in the 80s (and is widely considered the best chess ...

India’s 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju capped his meteoric rise by becoming the youngest world chess champion in history after defeating Ding Liren 7½-6½ in a tense championship in ...

becoming junior world champion and the youngest grandmaster in history at the time at 18. He said he learned to play chess at the age of five in an orphanage, having managed to flee Leningrad with ...

It’s safe to say that the Chess Brothers’ label changed the history of music. Working with artists like Chuck Berry and Howlin’ Wolf, they released some of the most influential blues and rock-and-roll ...

Chess had a deeper impact ... moments where he has a lot to lose and when things are hanging by a thread.” History is on the line, and so too is a lot of money. The total prize pot for the ...

Spassky emigrated to France in 1976. On its website, the chess federation called Spassky's match with Fischer "one of the most iconic" in the history of the game. Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar ...

Spassky emigrated to France in 1976. On its website, the chess federation called Spassky’s match with Fischer “one of the most iconic” in the history of the game. Yugoslav grandmaster ...