FIDE accused of bias against Russia as GM Lagno withdraws from Indian tournament, gets fact-checked by fellow players
Russian Grandmaster Kateryna Lagno has withdrawn from the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix India 2025 in Pune, alleging bias against ...
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Russian chess player may be banned for life after trying to poison opponent
The RCF executive added that the federation is deeply disappointed by the incident involving chess player Umaiganat Osmanova MOSCOW, August 7. /TASS/. The Russian Chess Federation (RCF ...
Boris Spassky, Russian chess legend and world champion, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 ...
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Chess-Russian grandmaster Spassky dies aged 88
PARIS, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director Emil Sutovsky told Reuters on Thursday.
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Russian Chess Federation head urges not to turn world of chess into battlefield
MOSCOW, September 18. /TASS/. The Ukrainian Chess Federation must not turn the world of chess into a battlefield but rather become an example in fostering ties and co-existing peacefully ...