The Latest Breaking News from Bobby Fischer

A top player for a quarter of a century and a national hero immortalised on coins, the fates denied him a match for the world title

The 30-year-old, who has only competed once since he won the world crown in April, had been scheduled to lead the Chinese team

He asked me to wear it if I win something. Alexander Grischuk, former World No. 3 and 3-time World Blitz Champion, put on a Chicago Bulls cap after winning the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata. He shared his memories of his first major success, his thoughts on India's…

The Norwegian, 32, follows up his World Cup victory in Baku by winning the latest leg of the online ChampionsTour, while the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik is displeased at losing to Niemann

The Norwegian scored 11/11 in chess.com’s Titled Tuesday, then 9/9 in the Zagreb Grand Tour blitz, and is now contending for victory in the online Aimchess Masters

The Russian and Chinese stars competed again just a week after their world title match, but at halfway in Romania they both trailed the in-form US champion

China’s new world champion became the first since 1886 to lead the title match only in the final game, while the Norwegian implied he will play fewer classical tournaments

China is the world champion in both Open and women’s chess, but India is in a superior position in terms of talent

The Norwegian has abdicated so Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will compete for the crown in 14-game series

The five-time US champion, whose main career is as a streamer with more than a million followers, defeated fellow world top-10 player Wesley So in a bruising final

The 32-year-old, who is abdicating his world crown, chose the Norwegian League for his last three classical games and will not play the format again until late May