Two major chess events clash this week: the elite tournament in Linares, Spain, and the U.S. championship in San Diego. Both competitions conclude next Sunday. In Linares, world champion Veselin ...

Among the legendary chess players who have refused to surrender to age is Viktor Korchnoi. At 70, he is still terrorizing his much younger opponents at the double-round grandmaster tournament now ...

1978 - Anatoly Karpov is the World Chess Champion having won the crown back from Bobby Fischer without playing a match. A loyal member of the Communist Party and a personal friend of the Soviet leader ...

There are no showtimes for Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin. You can stream it or buy it on digital platforms below.

A dramatic and legendary match for the title of world champion between the current champion Anatoli Karpov and challenger for this title Viktor Korchnoi, who emigrated from the USSR. The clash of ...

David Bronstein, who died on Tuesday aged 82, was a leading Soviet chess grandmaster and writer; like Viktor Korchnoi, he was often described as the greatest player never to have won a world ...

The authors selected four of the most popular sports in Russia. And their brightest "stars" who survived the "conflicts of the century." Biathlete Alexander Tikhonov, football player Pavel Sadyrin, ...