Nona Gaprindashvili became the first woman Grandmaster in 1978 and a dominant world champion. The Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit mentioned her but inaccurately claimed she had never faced men.

There is no air of pretense about Viswanathan Anand, whenever he speaks on or off stage. The five-time World Chess Champion wears his stature lightly, and an easy warmth accompanies him wherever he ...

Simply sign up to the Russian politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Russian authorities have opened a fresh criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once the country’s richest ...

July 9 (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who also served as Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's special representative to the Middle East and to Africa, was relieved of his ...

The games of yesteryear which are considered elegant masterpieces were contested without the assistance of computers. When we re-examine them with assistance of technology we realize they are ...

While longtime Gambit fans know that his powers can reach the rarefied level of Omega-class mutants, most of the time, the character has never held that level of power. However, Mikhail Rasputin is an ...

The New York Times recently asked, “Is Mikhail Baryshnikov the last of the highbrow superstars?” In a year when the world’s most famous dancer is celebrating not only the 50th anniversary of his ...

I Played Mikhail Tal. HUGE Mistake. A lot of disinformation out about Canada's potential F-35 deal: Trade and defence expert Vin Diesel announces next Fast & Furious movie; know title, release date ...

Tal Alexander’s wife Arielle Alexander has filed for divorce from the former top broker, The Real Deal has learned. Tal is facing federal sex trafficking charges alongside his brothers, Oren and Alon ...