For the past six years, Igors Rausis seemed unbeatable. As the 58-year-old grandmaster notched win after win, his chess rating rose accordingly until it had increased nearly 200 points. He became ...

A rising chess star was caught allegedly cheating in a bathroom during a tournament in France this week -- apparently confirming months of speculation about his meteoric rise to “super ...

The 59-year-old was this week busted again trying to compete under a secret identity while still serving his six-year ban. Rausis was in 2019 exiled from all FIDE chess tournaments and stripped of ...

Latvian-Czech player Igors Rausis, 58, was suspended after an embarrassing photo emerged showing him sitting on a toilet, looking at a mobile phone, during a break from the competition this week ...

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) announced Saturday that it caught chess grandmaster Igors Rausis cheating during a tournament in France. According to ESPN.com, the FIDE noted that Rausis was ...