The genteel world of chess spun out of control at the world championship final in recent days in Elista, Russia, with finger-pointing and accusations flying, closely resembling a normal week in the ...

THREE years ago, the leading figures in chess agreed to try to clean up the world championship mess. Since then nothing has gone right. Under what became known as the Prague accord, the world chess ...

THIS week we conclude the fascinating and controversial story of the World Championship match between Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov. I realise that this event has dominated the column lately, ...