Russian-born chess grandmaster and émigré Gennadi “Genna” Sosonko still remembers where he was 40 years ago today, when he heard that the 1984-85 World Championship match in Moscow between Garry ...

Watch as British students embark on a fun food adventure, tasting classic American dishes for the first time. From fluffy American biscuits and savory sausage gravy to crispy Southern fried chicken ...

Jan Timman, the chess grandmaster who has died aged 74, was one of the world’s finest players from the 1970s through to the 1990s; in an era of Soviet dominance he was known as “the Best of the West”.

It was much more than just a game with 64 squares and 32 pieces. “The names of Karpov, the names of (Mikhail) Tal, (Tigran) Petrosian and others were known by everybody, even the people who never ...