ELISTA, Russia -- Russia's Vladimir Kramnik on Friday became the first universally recognized world chess champion since 1993, winning a series of timed, tiebreaking games over Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov to take a tournament that reunified the title.

NEW DELHI: Veteran Lanka Ravi and fellow International Master Abhijeet Gupta were in sight of Grandmaster norms with two rounds to go in the Andorra International Open chess tournament at Andorra La Vella on ...Comment

August was a newsworthy month for chess and the chess blogs were full of posts about Dortmund 2006, the China vs Russia match, Mainz 2006, the NH Tournament ('Experience vs....

Newcomers to chess on the Web are sometimes confused by the term Chess Downloads. It can mean two things: chess data or chess software. Looking to load a chess database...

Five hundred high-powered minds will convene this evening at Heichal Hatarbut in Rishon Letzion for the opening of the World Blitz Championship, a chess tournament with a purse totaling $100,000. Part...

Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand banked on his vast reservoir of experience in rapid chess to win the Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz tournament in Moscow with a comprehensive two-point margin over his nearest rival Levon Aronian of Armenia. Click the following link http:www.6URL.c om107M to read the complete article.

More than 100 white-clad, sword-bearing men and women invaded the Chico High School gym Saturday and Sunday for the fifth annual Sierra Nevada Open fencing tournament. Fencing is like "physical chess ...