The six-part series follows the Russian world chess champion Garry Kasparov (Christian Cooke) as he takes on a match against the IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue in a human vs machine battle. It was ...

Russian chess player caught on camera allegedly poisoning rival's board A Russian chess queen allegedly poured poison onto the board set to be used by her opponent, who became ill just before the ...

Russia is no stranger to unique poisonings. State agents have been known to use everything from polonium-laced tea to the deadly nerve agent “novichok” when making assassination attempts against both ...

"Under current conditions, the Ukrainian Chess Federation should become an example of improving and fostering peaceful co-existence instead of opening new frontlines, and serve as an example for their ...

As chessmen go, they are large, the king and queen nearly five inches tall, knights and bishops about an inch less, pawns and castles two and a half inches. Most chess sets come with opposed sets of ...

LEGO patented its signature "binding brick" in 1958. But it wasn't until nearly 50 years later, in 2005, that LEGO released its first official chess build. I learned this fact while researching this ...

PM Narendra Modi presented Russian President Vladimir Putin with a set of curated gifts reflecting Indian culture. These included a Russian Bhagavad Gita, an Agra marble chess set, a silver horse, ...