Boris Spassky, legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 “Match of the Century” against American Bobby Fischer, died Thursday in ...

MOSCOW — A 7-year-old boy is recovering after his finger was broken by a chess-playing robot in Russia last week at an event in Moscow. Sergey Lazarev, the president of the Moscow Chess Federation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Chess Federation announced Oct. 22 that it is investigating Russian grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik for comments he ...

A chess board is seen here in an undated stock photo. automation LONDON -- A Russian chess player has been suspended from participating in all competitions after being accused of trying to poison her ...

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 ...