At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer and another ...

Grandmaster and the tenth world chess champion (1969-1972 ) Boris Spassky of Russia died two Thursdays ago. He was 88. Spassky lost his world championship title in 1972 to America’s Bobby ...

India’s legendary chess player, Viswanathan Anand ... the former Soviet World Champion to face Fischer in the 1972 World Championship match. Anand honored Spassky's legacy but did not hesitate ...

The world said goodbye last month to someone who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress.

2018 — Pernilla Lindberg makes a 30-foot birdie putt on the eighth extra hole to win the ANA Inspiration for her first professional victory. Lindberg finishes off Inbee Park on the par-4 10th, the ...

Chennai's Tal club inspired a whole generation of players, including Vishy Anand, who went on to become India’s chess pin-up ...

April 1975 was a month filled with controversy, technology revolutions and political decisions that have come to shape the ...

It was freezing… In February, the snow was the main event in the north of Europe, but there are moments when the soul falters in the most heated rooms. Back several decades, in the same locker room, ...

It is the first time since archery was reintroduced at the Olympic Games in 1972 that a new bowstyle is added to ... Since its debut at the World Archery Championships in 1995, it has seen decades of ...

but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the title in 2021 but has opted not to participate in the event ...