MOSCOW — 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 ...
“I remember that day very well because I was in Switzerland ... for any opportunity to promote Soviet ideals on the world stage, chess players were no different. Their supremacy in the sport ...
a number of chess grandmasters have been signing up with Esports teams. World number 4 Arjun Erigaisi, who signed with Gen.G Esports on the same day as the announcement, and number 17 Ding Liren ...