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 ...

Four of the five matches between Russian and former Soviet Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov and his compatriot Garry Kasparov are in the top ten world championship matches of all time as selected by ...

US chess champion Bobby Fischer and the two "K"s -- Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov -- have co-written the modern history of the game, with a chapter devoted to East-West confrontation. In the 1970s ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Pretty much anyone who's ever lifted a pawn has heard of chess geniuses like Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer. You also probably know about IBM's ...

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 ...

The overall score after 12 games played is tied at 6-6 and both grandmasters will be playing a series of tie-break games on Wednesday to determine the new world champion MOSCOW, November 29. /TASS/.