The world of chess has been rocked after a Russian chess champion allegedly attempted to poison her childhood rival by covering her pieces in deadly mercury. Now facing a possible prison sentence ...

FILE PHOTO: Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed Russia ... REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo The youngest-ever grandmaster, Russian Sergey Karjakin, has been banned from ...

Most chess sets come with opposed sets of identical pieces ... Political statement here? You bet. This is a Russian chess set, made in 1922-23, when the Russian Revolution was new.

FILE PHOTO: Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed Russia ... All of them fled soon after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February. Ushenina is from Kharkiv, a city that has suffered ...

NEW YORK, December 29. /TASS/. Russian chess grandmaster Yekaterina Lagno has come third at the FIDE World Rapid Championship 2024 in New York. Lagno scored eight points in 11 rounds. India’s ...

MOSCOW, September 18. /TASS/. The Ukrainian Chess Federation must not turn the world of chess into a battlefield but rather become an example in fostering ties and co-existing peacefully ...