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 ...

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 ...

MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. The 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship in New York has ended with the triumph of Russian chess players, about which the West says nothing. Russian players showed ...

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 ...