One was Brezhnev, (singer Vladimir) Vysotsky, and the third one was Anatoly Karpov. “The privileges that he got, you cannot imagine. He couldn’t compare with anybody in Russia.” Even at that ...

Here we take a look at the top five youngest male to become chess World No. 1. Magnus Carlsen is on top of the list.

One of the first to react was Soviet grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, who told TASS state news agency: "He was always one of my ...

Let's take a look at the top five male chess players who have spent the longest period as World No. 1. A Soviet Union/Russian ...

Boris Spassky, the Soviet chess grandmaster best known for his historic defeat in the 'Match of the Century' at the height of ...