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I know my price, I am worth no worse a place,” the villainous Iago declares in Shakespeare’s play. Clearly, the actor playing ...

Former world champion Anatoly Karpov, who beat Spassky in the semi-finals of the Candidates tournament in 1974, paid a warm tribute. “My idols in chess were Jose Capablanca and Boris Spassky.

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at ... Former world champion Anatoly Karpov, who beat Spassky in the semi-finals of the Candidates tournament in 1974, paid a warm tribute.

Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match of the century at the height of the Cold War, has died aged 88, the Chess Federation of Russia said Thursday.

The board is set, the pieces are moving but this epic battle takes place between two countries in "Chess," opening at Ovation Theatre. Local audiences may not be familiar with this musical but ...

losing to Anatoly Karpov, the future world champion. Still, things were not the same. For two years, he was banned from traveling abroad, the life blood of a professional chess player in the ...

Former world champion Anatoly Karpov, who beat Spassky in the semi-finals of the Candidates tournament in 1974, paid a warm tribute. "My idols in chess were Jose Capablanca and Boris Spassky. And when ...

Email news briefs and event listings to [email protected]. Library chess tournaments are taking place across Westmoreland County this spring. Tournaments will take place at the following dates ...

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the ...

The federation called his death a "great loss to the country", saying generations of chess players had learned from his matches. One of the first to react was Soviet grandmaster Anatoly Karpov ...

Boris Spassky, legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 “Match of the Century” against American Bobby Fischer, died Thursday ...