Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — Chess is a cerebral game, but legendary Soviet grand master Garry Kasparov could make it seem like a contact sport.

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The U.S. has more chess grandmasters than Russia for the first time, as ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has issued a firm statement regarding the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC) and its recent communications, specifically addressing the issue of World ...

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. He was 88.

In the summer of 1972, Henry Kissinger made a clandestine phone call. President Richard M. Nixon’s adviser wasn’t calling a head of state or ringing a diplomat. He instead phoned the American chess ...