In 2025, chess is witnessing a surge of young talent from across the globe, with prodigies like Faustino Oro and Yagiz Kaan ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Boris Spassky is exhausted. The former world chess champion, beaten last year in a long match against Bobby Fischer, now has been trounced by a 16-year-old girl. “I … ...

He learned to play chess when he was 6 years old; within a decade, he would dominate the game. "I give 98 percent of my mental energy to chess," he said, and he lived up to his words.

Boris Spassky is exhausted. The former world chess champion, beaten last year in a long match with Bobby Fischer, has now been trounced by a 16-year-old girl. “I want to sleep and sleep and s… ...

Sept. 10 -- It's a story of wizardry, secrecy and high-speed moves in a game that has room for both geniuses and fools. For 30 years, U.S. chess genius and the world's most famous chess recluse ...

Record-setting chess prodigies are getting younger An 8-year-old recently beat a 37-year-old grandmaster. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with ChessKid.com's Mike Klein about the new generation of whiz kids.

Bobby Fischer, the enigmatic American chess genius who became a Cold War hero with his 1972 defeat of Soviet champion Boris Spassky but fell from grace in later decades when he became a recluse ...

REYKJAVIK — Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64.

The old philosopher entered the lobby of the Diplomat in his wheelchair, followed obediently by his prodigies, the young who are taking over the ancient game, and began to discourse on Mozart and ...