The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the ...

C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

Viswanathan Anand has decided to pull out of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, amid the ongoing war between FCPC and FIDE.

T he chess world has become like a reality television show since last month, with FIDE at war with Magnus Carlsen’s Freestyle ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.