He was 88. His death was confirmed by the International Chess Federation, the game's governing body. No cause was given. Spassky was "one of the greatest players of all time," the group said on ...

Following a successful first year in 2024, which saw the likes of Street Fighter ... America's youngest chess Grandmaster ever, four-time US Open Champion, and the current number 2 player in ...

This chess opening dates back to at least 1490. Black’s response to the Queen's Gambit opening is either to accept or decline the board’s center. For advanced players, White’s thoughtful ...

MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. The 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship in New York has ended with the triumph of Russian chess players, about which the West says nothing. Russian players showed ...

MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.