Chechen battalions are unique units within the Russian military, composed mainly of ethnic Chechens and known for their ...

DAR ES SALAAM: THE Tanzania Chess Association (TACA) has officially announced that the 2025 National Chess Championship will take place from Saturday to Monday next week at the Russian Cultural Centre ...

Kramnik spends plenty of his time now on a crusade to weed out cheating in online chess, a campaign that's earned him plenty ...

Sappers of Russia's armed forces work to clear landmines from the roadside in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region. New IOC ...

Broadway audiences will get to see theater history made when Chess returns to the Imperial Theatre, 37 years after its ...

The Broadway revival of “ Chess ” has an official home and dates. The production, starring the previously announced Aaron ...

The first Broadway revival of Chess will arrive this fall with Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher in the starring roles.

Wooden chess set, now very much in ... The second trend that has become popular are for 20th C chess sets from Russian / Soviet States. This is probably the biggest growth area in recent years.

Rematch plot. Set in the late 1990s Rematch focuses on the true story of the man vs machine battle between the then world chess champion and an IBM supercomputer dubbed Deep Blue, which was ...

The Soviet monopoly. Chess holds a storied position in Russian history, deeply rooted in the nation’s culture and politics. The game first gained popularity among Russian aristocrats in the 19th ...

Soviet spy Yuri Linov, left, in 1966, undercover as Karl-Bernd Motl in Dublin, playing chess with a friend, John Gibson. Photograph: Courtesy of John Gibson/Shaun Walker ...