A televised 1972 match between Spassky and Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was ...

American GM Hans Niemann has accepted Russian GM Daniil Dubov’s challenge to prove his innocence in cheating scandal.

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director ...

Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, was introduced by legend Bobby Fischer in 1996 ... as Vincent Keymer beat the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana to reign supreme at Weissenhaus.

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, is bored of chess. Carlsen has spent much of the past year appearing to dismiss the game he has mastered: It was no longer exciting to play, he told a ...

The legendary Bobby Fischer was the first to advocate freestyle ... the situation and did not give anything back. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen, the main protagonist behind the tour, continued from ...

The term came from an idea by former great Bobby Fischer who was the first to advocate ... in a lost position and shook hands. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen, the main protagonist behind the tour ...

Gukesh drew 11 games and lost six, including a round-robin stage defeat to World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen ... Created by former world champion Bobby Fischer, the format aims to reduce the influence ...

READ: Magnus Carlsen to return to chess championships after jeans dispute ... Spassky is best remembered for his duel with ...

On the one side is freestyle chess, headed by Magnus Carlsen, the “GOAT”, as his ... can find themselves interspersed with the janata. Bobby Fischer popularised this variant in the 1990s ...