Alexander Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals' captain, has surpassed Wayne Gretzky's long-standing record of 894 NHL goals, ...

At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer and another ...

Late Sunday evening, Moscow residents may have been surprised to see NHL star Alexander Ovechkin’s image and the number “895” ...

Playing against the chief minister was 17-year-old Mehak Maqbool, who first learnt the rules watching her cousins play when she was around six years old. Seven years later, at age 13, she formally ...

Far from staying away from the game, a five-month chess championship took place between Soviet explorers in Antarctica in ...

“Chess Fundamentals”, among other chess books by Capablanca, is considered his masterpiece. The great Soviet world champion Mikhail Botvinnik lauded it. Emanuel Lasker, world ...

We are not dominant like the Soviet Union used to be ... India’s biggest chess breakthrough came last year when D Gukesh clinched the World Chess Championship title in Singapore, defeating reigning ...

but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the title in 2021 but has opted not to participate in the event ...

World Chess Champion D Gukesh, left ... We are not dominant like the Soviet Union used to be, but if you take for instance the age of our top players with me as an exception, well I think the ...