As the founder and chief executive officer of The Eade Foundation, Mr. Eade has dedicated his life to promoting chess ...

The World Championships in chess have a storied history - dating back to 1886, although FIDE's version has existed since 1948 (including a breakaway event from 1993 to 2006).

Reykjavik caught the world’s attention in 1972. Iceland’s capital was the venue of the World chess championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer. In the height of the cold-war, a ...

Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, center, is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they walked out ...

The upcoming clash for the 2024 World Chess Championship title being held in Singapore, between D. Gukesh of India and Ding Liren of China, evokes many similarities with the 1972 world title clash ...

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 (AP) — 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 ...

FILE - Russian world chess champion Boris Spassky, center, is followed by a member of the Soviet Delegation to the world chess championships in Reykjavik, Iceland on July 5, 1972, after they ...