President Alvi calls for promoting chess at the grassroots level
- 03-Feb-2024
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has called for promoting chess in the country, especially at the grassroots level in collaboration with international organizations and the private sector. A delegation of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) called on the President at Aiwan-e-Sadr. The delegation included President FIDE and former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, […]
Former chess champion Kasparov returns to compete 12 years later
- 13-Aug-2017
ST LOUIS: In a move electrifying the world of chess, former world champion Garry Kasparov is coming out of a 12-year retirement Monday to take on a new generation of players who have long worshiped him as the closest thing to a “chess god.” Kasparov utterly dominated the sport from 1985 to 2000. Since his […]


