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 ...

MADRIDMADRID — Chess eminences Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are dusting off their knights and pawns for an exhibition rematch marking the 25th anniversary of their first title bout – a grueling ...

Chess grandmaster and former world champion Anatoly Karpov, who has waged a highly public campaign in defense of his nomination as Russia's candidate for the presidency of the World Chess Federation, ...

Mr. Karpov has been a loyal defender of Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, and the invasion of Ukraine. But he has also expressed sympathy for the war’s civilian victims on both sides. By Victor ...

BAGUIO CITY—Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov stepped nonchalantly into the Baguio Convention Center on Feb. 1 where his historic match against the late Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi about 45 ...

The name of Russian master player Anatoly Karpov is well-known all over the world. He was the 12th World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985, World Chess champion, a three-time FIDE World Champion in ...