The World Chess Championship, underway in India, features a faceoff between the sport's heavyweights. Guest host Don Gonyea can't help but inject politics to his conversation with NPR's Tom Goldman, ...

Magnus playing beach volleyball in front of journalists in Kragero during his training for the chess championship. August 2013. Magnus playing beach volleyball in front of journalists in Kragero ...

The governing body for world chess has voted to allow Russian and Belarusian youth players to compete under their national symbols in line with recommendations from the International Olympic Committee ...

And now, it's time for sports. Today, we're starting not at Mile High Stadium, not at center ice, but at the Hyatt Regency in Chennai, India, where the world chess championships are underway. That's ...