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 notched his third win in four games against Nigel Short in their chess championship Tuesday, and in Arnhem, the Netherlands, Anatoly Karpov trounced Jan Timman, regaining the lead in ...

The first of 20 world championship chess games between grandmasters Anatoly Karpov and Gata Kamsky was adjourned Thursday in the 57th move with the Russian veteran reportedly having a stronger ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Pretty much anyone who's ever lifted a pawn has heard of chess geniuses like Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer. You also probably know about IBM's ...

Anatoly Karpov won the first game of the World Chess Federation title match Friday when Gata Kamsky resigned without resuming the adjourned game. Karpov has a 1-0 lead in the match, with the second ...

Anatoly Karpov of Russia scored his third consecutive victory over Jan Timman of the Netherlands on Friday to win the 16th game of the official world chess championship. Karpov now leads 10.5 to 5.5 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Razor3D has announced that Karpov Chess is now shipping to retail stores. This chess game is designed for use with stereoscopic 3D glasses, such as ...

It was much more than just a game with 64 squares and 32 pieces. “The names of Karpov, the names of (Mikhail) Tal, (Tigran) Petrosian and others were known by everybody, even the people who never ...