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November 2024

  • Bobby Fischer, right, became the first and only American to win the world championship with his epochal 1972 win over Boris Spassky in a highly publicized match framed by the Western media as the triumph of individual will over the collective might of the Soviet Union.

    From Bobby Fischer to Magnus Carlsen: 22 of the most famous world chess championship games

    The 138-year history of the world chess championship is filled with games of rare precision, imagination and brilliance. Go move by move through 22 of them below

April 2019

  • San Francisco Giants on the attack at Candlestick Park.

    Mind control, levitation and no pain: the race to find a superman in sport

    The US and Soviet Union both believed people could control time, read minds and ignore pain. And, reveals The Men on Magic Carpets, their psychic experiments played out in the sporting arena

November 2016

  • Mark Taimanov playing in 1970.

    Mark Taimanov obituary

    Russian chess grandmaster who was also an international concert pianist

July 2012

  • Andrew Paulson

    Chess impresario hopes to bring back the Fischer v Spassky glory days

    Andrew Paulson, who has won the world championship media and marketing rights for the next 10 years, has big plans

November 2011

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess

    Chess: Pure Karpov

    Don't look for a dazzling combination, you won't find one: the Russian master finds a typically subtle route to victory

October 2011

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess

    Chess: Karpov turns the screw

    The latest nomination for chess book of the year studies the Russian master's relentless positional play

October 2010

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess

    Kasparov v Karpov: the inside story

    Kasparov's third book on his chess battles with Karpov reveals much about this clash of titans

September 2010

  • Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with President Putin

    A disastrous move for chess

    Daniel King

  • Anatoly Karpov

    Chess world shocked as Karpov fails to capture top job

May 2010

  • Leonard Barden on chess

    Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to battle Karpov and Kasparov for Fide presidency

  • Former chess world champion Anatoly Karpov

    Anatoly Karpov battles Kremlin for control of world chess

  • Former chess world champions Kasparov and Karpov

    Chess titans Kasparov and Karpov meet again - 25 years on

    Rivals who played out epic battle in Moscow in 1984 get together in Valencia for rematch

  • Kasparov V Karpov Frankfurt Chess Classic 1999

    News blog

    Kasparov v Karpov: the rematch – live

    Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov renew their chess rivalry in Valencia, Spain, 25 years after their epic battle for the world chess championship. Follow live updates here

  • News blog

    Karpov v Kasparov: the Guardian's coverage of an epic world chess championship match

    Accusations of foul play, political symbolism, heckling, a near nervous breakdown – and terrific boredom

  • Gary Kasparov and Anatoliy Karpov

    Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov renew epic chess battle

    Legends prepare for historic rematch 25 years after encounter that was called to a halt without a winner

  • Kasparov V Karpov Frankfurt Chess Classic 1999

    Kasparov v Karpov

    Former chess world champions Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov are in Valencia for a rematch, renewing a battle that began in 1984 in an epic series of world title games that lasted five months

  • Gary Kasparov and Anatoliy Karpov

    Chess legends Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov renew epic battle

    Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov will play 12 games in Valencia to mark 25th anniversary of 1984 world title fight

  • Leonard Barden on chess

    Retired Kasparov will be the favourite in Karpov rematch

    Former champions to meet on the 25th anniversary of their first world title match

August 2009

  • Leonard Barden on chess

    Victor Korchnoi outshines Anatoly Karpov despite age gap

    Victor Korchnoi is still performing well even as he approaches his 79th birthday

March 2009

  • Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess

    Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess: Ghaem Maghami-Karpov, Tehran 2009

    Ghaem Maghami-Karpov, Tehran 2009. White to play

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