Chess tournament at Moscow’s Digital October attracts world's top players

Kasparov says he will not return to Russia

Former chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov has said he will not come back to Russia because his freedom to subsequently leave the country could be curtailed

Russia’s team leads at Women’s World Chess team Cup in Kazakhstan

Russia’s national team is leading the Women’s World Chess team Championship which is underway in Astana, Kazakhstan

Russian team wins first match at World Chess Championship

The Russian chess team has won the first match at the Women’s World Team Chess Championship which has begun in Astana, Kazakhstan

Three-time world chess champion suspected of being 'foreign agent'

A group of State Duma deputies has charged the Ministry of Justice with launching a probe into the work of a charity headed by their colleague, three-time world chess champion Anatoly Karpov, to find out whether he is a foreign agent

Russia's women retain chess Olympiad title

Russia's women defended their Chess Olympiad title in Istanbul over the weekend with a 4-0 thrashing of Kazakhstan edging them past China.

Refuting stereotypes about chess lords

A portrait of a typical chess player as drawn by a layman would depict a man with his head in the clouds and utterly absorbed with the developments in his black-and-white world

Putin, Anand laud Soviet chess school

Russia President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lauded the Russian and Indian chess schools that gave rise to such players as Indian world champion grandmaster Viswanathan Anand.

Anand chess king for the 5th time

Viswanathan Anand wins world chess title for the 5th time in a tie-break with his Israeli rival Boris Gelfand.

Gelfand to Dethrone Anand - Chess Pundits

Russian experts predict the Israeli chess player's victory over his Indian counterpart.

Anand, Gelfand draw in 10th game for chess crown

India's defending world champion Viswanathan Anand drew with Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand in the tenth game for the World Chess Championship at Moscow's State Tretyakov Gallery on Thursday.

Anand the favorite for chess title - coach

India's Viswanathan Anand is the "overwhelming favorite" to retain his world chess title after winning the eighth series game against Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand, former Russia national team coach Evgeny Bareev told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Gelfand beats Anand in Chess Crown Series

After six draws, Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand finally recorded the first win of his World Chess Crown series against India's defending world champion Viswanathan Anand in Moscow on Sunday.

Anand, Gelfand play 3rd draw in chess champs

India's defending champion Viswanathan Anand drew with Israel's Boris Gelfand for the third consecutive game in the World Chess Championships at Moscow's State Tretyakov Gallery on Monday.

Filatov: "Chess is a unique tool for promoting the country's culture"

Andrei Filatov, co-owner of N-Trans, on why he became the initiator and sponsor of the championship match at the Tretyakov Gallery

World Chess Championship starts in Moscow

Though it involves an Indian and an Israeli, the World Chess Championship match also provides a glimpse of the weird and politically connected Russian chess scene

Anand and Gelfand kick off Moscow chess crown battle

Chess masters Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand expect their World Championship clash to be a spectacular battle to match the exquisite surroundings of Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery, which is hosting the event

Anand – Gelfand chess match: time for the opening move

The 12-game match for the 2012 World Chess Championship between world champion Viswanathan Anand and his Israeli challenger Boris Gelfand has been officially opened at the Vrubel’s hall of the Russian State Tretyakov Art Gallery.

Anand versus Boris: A symphony of chess and culture

In a rare event, the world chess tournament will kick-off amid iconic artwork at the famous Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) on May 10

Russian Valentina Gunina claims European chess crown

Russian ladies are not only beautiful, but smart as well. Valentina Gunina has proved it by becoming the new European women’s individual chess champion.