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 ...

Forty years ago, one of the longest and most controversial chess matches in history came to an abrupt end. The 1984-85 World Chess Championship between defending champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger ...

The international chess world descended into chaos and bitter accusations of cheating today with the controversial re-election of the president of the World Chess Federation, who defeated the former ...

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 ...

One of the fiercest and most politically charged rivalries in world chess resumed today when former world champions Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov arrived in the Spanish city of Valencia for a ...

Karpov-Kasparov, KK2 16th match game, 1985. Black to play and win. Four titles made it to our chess book of the year shortlist: 100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesus de la Villa; Forcing Chess Moves by ...

In a sign that one of the most prominent rivalries in modern chess has not abated, former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov criticized yesterday the recent decision by his onetime nemesis Garry ...

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 ...