The world’s top male and female chess players will go head to head this weekend in what chess aficionados are calling the game’s ultimate battle of the sexes. It’s not happening in a large U.S. or ...

The Hungarian GM Judit Polgar, the highest rated female player ever grabbed the lead at the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee by despatching Anatoly Karpov the former world champion in style with the ...

World Cup champion Vishwanathan Anand did not require even a single original move to earn a comfortable draw with veteran Dutch Grandmaster Jan Timman while Judith Polgar shot into sole lead after a ...

The Russian team are fallible, that was the message from the second round of the European Championships at Plovdiv as the top seeds lost a second game and are lying fourth after two narrow 2.5-1.5.

Although now a grizzled veteran of 33, the Professional Chess Association world champion Garry Kasparov is still at the top of the World Chess Federation’s rating list. Excluding his steadfast rival ...