The six-part series follows the Russian world chess champion Garry Kasparov (Christian Cooke) as he takes on a match against the IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue in a human vs machine battle. It was ...

While Russian chess is running on fumes these days, other chess empires have emerged in nations like China, USA, India and ...

Vladimir Kramnik publicly called out Daniel Naroditsky for cheating in online matches. Daniel Naroditsky died at 29; cause of death not revealed. FIDE investigates Vladimir Kramnik's accusations of ...

The Russian chess master accused by his peers of bullying Daniel Naroditsky, the U.S. grandmaster who was found dead last week, has himself been hit with unfounded cheating allegations in the past — a ...

A Russian chess player has been suspended from participating in all competitions after being accused of trying to poison her opponent's pieces, officials have announced. Amina Abakarova is now under ...

MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. Russian chess players will be able to compete internationally under the national flag only after a Ukraine deal that Russia is satisfied with is reached, Russian Chess ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has allowed the Russian women's chess team to participate in the World Team Championship under a neutral status. Quote: "In line with FIDE’s policy of ...

Twelve-year-old Russian Sergey Sklokin achieved a remarkable feat at the World Rapid Chess Championships in Doha, Qatar, ...

The World Chess Federation said Wednesday it will investigate whether Russian chess champ Vladimir Kramnik should be disciplined for the disparaging public statements he made "before and after the ...

Correction & clarification: A previous version of this story included a reference that misstated cheating allegations. Vladimir Kramnik accused Daniel Naroditsky of cheating online last year. The ...

In October, the Telegraph daily published an interview with Pein, in which he spoke about how important chess was in Russia and called for resorting to all measures to uphold sanctions against Russian ...