JERUSALEMJERUSALEM — Israel’s latest cultural hero is neither the usual army general nor a sexy celebrity – he’s a bespectacled 43-year-old Belarus-born chess grandmaster. Israelis have been riveted ...

Viswanathan Anand was in vintage form as he tore apart fellow legend Boris Gelfand on Monday in the $150,000 chess24 Legends of Chess. The 51-year-old Tiger of Madras gave his Israeli opponent a 2.5-0 ...

Israeli grandmaster Boris Gelfand lost in a tiebreaker in the title match of the World Chess Championship in Moscow. (JTA) — Israeli grandmaster Boris Gelfand lost in a tiebreaker in the title match ...

In the FIDE Grand Swiss, R Praggnanandhaa defeated Boris Gelfand after the latter blundered under time pressure. Parham Maghsoodloo leads the Open section with a perfect score, while R Vaishali holds ...

Israeli chess grandmaster Boris Gelfand called on the Israeli government to invest in chess in the country, during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Gelfand met Sunday with Netanyahu ...

Israel’s top-ranked player won the 2009 Chess World Cup. Boris Gelfand, a grand master from Rishon LeZion, defeated former world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in a playoff Monday in the ...