A trailblazer for chess in the continent, Torre changed perceptions by proving he could compete against the world’s best in ...

His tenure was dominated by issues surrounding the rivalry between Anatoly Karpov, the champion from the Soviet Union, and Mr. Korchnoi, a former Soviet star who had defected to the West in 1976.

India’s teenage chess prodigy and reigning world champion D Gukesh is under fresh scrutiny, this time from Jon Ludvig Hammer, a Norwegian Grandmaster and former second to Magnus Carlsen.

Magnus Carlsen hated homework and blossomed when he no longer had to go to school. Today, he plays chess according to a new ...

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It was a strategic tool as much as a pastime. Top players like Anatoly Karpov in the 1970s and Kasparov in the 1980s became household names, earning prestige and privileges rare for Soviet citizens, ...

Thus, in many positions, whether to apply Profilaxis or not can be a matter of taste. Anatoly Karpov vs. Wolfgang Unzicker, 1974 Olympiad, Nice. A famous example of Profilaxis was played by the ...