The World Chess Championship, underway in India, features a faceoff between the sport's heavyweights. Guest host Don Gonyea can't help but inject politics to his conversation with NPR's Tom Goldman, ...

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand, who will defend his title in Moscow in May next, is the symbol of India's technological prowess and has made significant contribution in globalising the game, ...

Magnus playing beach volleyball in front of journalists in Kragero during his training for the chess championship. August 2013. Magnus playing beach volleyball in front of journalists in Kragero ...

The governing body for world chess has voted to allow Russian and Belarusian youth players to compete under their national symbols in line with recommendations from the International Olympic Committee ...