NAVAL AIR FACILITY, ATSUGI, Japan — An hourlong chess tournament pitted students from Shirley Lanham Elementary School at this base southeast of Tokyo against challengers from surrounding Japanese ...

TOKYO — Japan ordered former chess champion Bobby Fischer deported Tuesday, but he got a temporary reprieve when his lawyers filed suit to block the move. Immigration office spokesman Itsuo Noto said ...

A Japanese chess association has apologised to a prominent 'shogi' player who criticised a rule that bars pregnant players from title matches around their expected due dates. Under the current rules ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A 14-year-old Japanese player of the traditional chess-like board game of shogi has captured the nation's heart by winning a record straight 29 matches, breaking a record held for 30 ...

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At a time before his country became a chess powerhouse, he defeated four world champions, including Bobby Fischer and another in an unlikely turn of events. By Dylan Loeb McClain When Mr. Spassky, a ...