Russian-born chess grandmaster and émigré Gennadi “Genna” Sosonko still remembers where he was 40 years ago today, when he heard that the 1984-85 World Championship match in Moscow between Garry ...

Garry Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov: The World Championship Rivalry of 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1990. Historic, famous chess games analyzed. 0:00 Intro 0:49 Match 1: 1984 8:06 Match 2: 1985 15:16 Matc ...

A Russian lawmaker and alleged Vladimir Putin loyalist was left in a coma after suffering a series of mysterious head injuries in a parliament building, RadarOnline.com has learned. 71-year-old ...

Russian lawmaker Anatoly Karpov received serious head injuries outside the State Duma, per multiple reports. In April, Karpov said he hoped the Ukraine-Russia war would end soon. A string of Russian ...

Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, the 12th, 13th and 14th world chess champions, released an open letter Friday to the global chess community, protesting against the latest actions ...

US chess champion Bobby Fischer and the two "K"s -- Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov -- have co-written the modern history of the game, with a chapter devoted to East-West confrontation. In the 1970s ...