According to earlier reports, eight Russians had already qualified for the tournament that would play host to 206 of the world's best chess players BELGRADE, October 1. /TASS/. Russian Chess ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Chess genius does not always translate to real-world intelligence (Bobby Fischer ended up as a paranoid Holocaust denier). And Kasparov deplores the tragic depiction of a Russian prodigy in Nabokov’s ...

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 ...

Chess's international governing body said Wednesday it's considering disciplinary action against a Russian former world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel ...