Say hi to Ruslan Ponomariov, the youngest FIDE world champion. Wait, isn't that D Gukesh? No, technically, he isn't. What? How is that possible? Let us make it simpler. D Gukesh is the youngest ...

The matches leading to the unified world chess championship had been announced throughout the year with abandon and recklessness. On Friday, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) canceled the title match ...

Biel (Switzerland), Aug 2 (IANS) Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna consolidated his position at the top of the table after registering a scintillating victory over Ukrainian Grand Master Ruslan ...

The 2002 chess play opened on a thin, sharp-featured, 18-year-old Ukrainian boy named Ruslan Ponomariov, who had reached the final match of the International Chess Federation’s World Championship.

In a recent match in St. Louis against Ruslan Ponomariov, Hikaru Nakamura continued his spectacular run of the past two years. Nakamura, the No. 1-ranked player in the United States, defeated his foe ...

Position No. 6085: White to play and win. From the game Viswanathan Anand-Vassily Ivanchuk, World Blitz Championship, Moscow 2009. Solution to Position No. 6084: White wins with 1 Bxd5 Rxd5 2 c4 Rdd8 ...

Just a few short weeks ago, I dedicated two columns to an upcoming match between World Chess Federation (FIDE) Champion Ruslan Ponomariov and No. 1-ranked player Garry Kasparov. As I am re-reading ...

The annual chess festival in Mainz, Germany, attracted a field of 498 players. The main event was an eight-game duel between Russian whiz Ruslan Ponomariov, 18, who holds the FIDE title, and India’s ...

Position No. 6118: White to play and win. From the game Tatev Abrahamyan-Sabina Foisor, U.S. Women’s Championship, St. Louis 2010. Solution to Position No. 6117 ...

An outrageous swindle from the Fide champion Ruslan Ponomariov foiled Vishy Anand in the first game of their quarter final at the World Rapid Chess Championship being staged at Cap D'Agde in the South ...