Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boards set up last month during ChessFest in London's Trafalgar Square. (Andy Rain/EPA-EFE ...

As the war rages to the east, Lviv’s chess fans keep up the city’s tradition of street games – Copyright AFP Aleksey Filippov A rapt and raucous audience, a ...

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.

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.

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for ...

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 ...