Chess

Russian head of FIDE suspends activity over EU sanctions

FILE PHOTO: Skolkovo Foundation Chairman Arkady Dvorkovich attends the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

Chess-Carlsen to headline FIDE-backed Total Chess World Championship pilot

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen attends the news conference ahead of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Paris, France, April 7, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Hungarian chess legend Judit Polgar declines nomination for president

FILE PHOTO: Judit Polgar, the best female chess player in the world, displays her book at the Dezso Lemhenyi school, which uses her new Chess Palace teaching programme, in Budapest October 15, 2013. /File Photo

Hungary's PM Magyar to ask chess champion Judit Polgar to become president

Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar holds a press conference after the 17th constitutional amendment was approved in Budapest, Hungary, July 13, 2026. REUTERS/Marton Monus

Pool ace Aloysius Yapp is Sportsman of the Year; bowler New Hui Fen wins Sportswoman award

(From left) Sportswoman of the Year New Hui Fen, Sportsboy Siddharth Jagadeesh and Sportsgirl Amanda Yap at the Singapore Sports Awards on July 3.

World chess body suspends Russia but dispute may not be over

Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed Russia and Ukraine's flags in this illustration taken January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Bedside manners – chess grandmaster Alireza Firouzja takes fight to the mattress

Indian chess grandchess Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (left), the world defending champion, makes the first move with the white pieces against Iranian-French chess grandmaster Alireza Firouzja on the first competion day for the 1-st stage of Grand Chess Tour - 'Super Chess Classic Romania 2026' - held at the National Bank of Romania Palace in Bucharest, Romania on May 14, 2026.

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Chess-Turkey's Erdogmus, 14, set to become youngest 'super grandmaster'

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