Koneru Humpy recently won the World Rapid title in New York — her second World Rapid crown after the one in 2019.

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On the chessboard, Bobby Fischer displayed similar genius and defiance. His 1972 World Championship win against Boris Spassky was not just a battle of minds but a Cold War showdown. Fischer’s ...

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“Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlsen are the others,” he said. “And my favourite World championship match is the one between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972.” Gukesh wants to focus on all the ...

Rivkin’s life is a great American story. He was born in the city of Pskov in what was then the Soviet Union. He made his way to America alone as a 19-year-old in 1976 amid the wave of Jewish ...

It was one of the most iconic images of 1994, taoiseach Albert Reynolds and senior ministers left on the red carpet at Shannon Airport waiting in vain for Russian president Boris Yeltsin to emerge ...

Society / A dispatch from the pivotal Game 11 in Singapore that helped make Gukesh Dommaraju an 18-year-old chess champion. J ...

Eugene Torre became Asia’s first Grandmaster in 1974, two years after Bobby Fischer’s historic victory in the World championship match against Boris Spassky. The Filipino living legend ...