Grandmaster Pranav Venkatesh is the latest Indian to win the World Junior Chess Championship. Like senior world champions D ...

The majestic Weissenhaus estate has been owned by nobles, survived a devastating fire and hosted world leaders. Its striking ...

Venkatesh’s achievement is part of a broader resurgence in Indian chess, following Gukesh Dommaraju’s historic win in the ...

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand's rich praise for Pranav: "He's just gifted. One thing which stood out was his ...

Indian World Chess Champion D Gukesh credited the COVID-19 lockdown and Viswanathan Anand's mentorship for India's chess ...

India's Pranav Venkatesh clinched the World Junior Chess Championship (Under-20) held in Montenegro, remaining undefeated ...

With two distinct sets of chess enthusiasts emerging -- one supporting freestyle and the other the showing loyality to ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that ...

When Mr. Spassky, a Russian, played Bobby Fischer, an American, in Iceland at the height of the Cold War, the media attention ...

He defended his World Chess champion title against American Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972 — which ...

Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for ...