Mikhail Botvinnik died at age 83 on May 5, 1995. He was an icon of Russian chess who held the world championship on and off from 1948 until 1963. Nobody else ever lost the crown twice and then ...

Mikhail Botvinnik–who died earlier this month–was world chess champion and symbol of Soviet chess supremacy for most of the 15-year period from 1948 to 1963. He was also a seminal force who brought ...

For many years, chess players associated winning with the Soviet Union and afterward, with Russia. The Soviets had created a hegemony on chess and world champions – except for Cuba’s Jose Raul ...

The world is enjoying a boom in chess playing following ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ TV series’ sweeping success. We’ve boiled down a list of Soviet chess legends who proved that chess is mental ...