Amid a global chess boom, a new generation of talent is filling up South Australian clubs and classrooms – some have the ...

Joey Chestnut, one of the world's top eaters, announced on Monday he will return to the fray and participate in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Carlsen squared off against 143,000 players from around the world — but the chess grandmaster was unable to clinch a victory over Team World.

In the winter of 1977, in Reykjavik, Iceland, Vlastimil Hort, a Czech grandmaster ranked No. 6 in the world, was facing off against Boris Spassky, the Russian former world chess champion who had ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, has died in Moscow.

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was ...

Chess champion’s competitor in historic match passes away Soviet grandmaster Anatoly Karpov was among the first to react, telling TASS state news agency: “He was always one of my main idols.” Spassky ...

Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries.

MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in ...

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, the 10th World Chess Champion, has died at 88. Known for his historic match against Bobby Fischer, Spassky's sportsmanship and legacy in chess are celebrated ...

Reigning chess world champion Boris Spassky, left, of Russia, and international grandmaster Bobby Fischer of the United States, are seen during a game at the XIX World Chess Olympiad in Siegen, ...