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| Sep.22 |
 Spain |
 Chess legends Kasparov, Karpov face off| Garry Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov faced off again in Spain, 25 years after their epic first world championship battle in Moscow | |
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| Oct.29 |
 Ruhr |
Anand retains World Chess title  Map of Bonn Germany| India's Viswanathan Anand retains the World Chess Championship title by defeating Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik, 6½?4½ | |
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| Jan.19 |
 Iceland |
Fischer 'wanted final chess win' Bobby Fischer had hoped to play current world chess champion Anand or former great Kasparov in a tournament before his death
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| Jan.18 |
Iceland |
Eccentric chess icon Fischer dies  Chess master Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players in history, was 64. He became the first American world chess champion
| Fischer was wanted for breaking international sanctions by playing a match in the Yugoslavia in 1992
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| Oct.13 |
 Russia |
 Kramnik defeated FIDE Champion Topalov| Kramnik defeated Veselin Topalov in a 12-game title unification match in Elista, Kalmykia | |
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| Mar.23 |
 Japan |
Fischer leaves Japan for Iceland Japan has decided to allow former chess champion to travel to Iceland, despite US requests for his extradition
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| Mar.10 |
Moscow |
Chess master Kasparov to retire| Former world champion Gary Kasparov, 41, has announced that he is to retire from competitive chess | |
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| Dec.24 |
Japan |
Fischer demands to go to Iceland U.S. chess player has asked the Japanese government to release him from detention
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| Sep.8 |
Japan |
 Fischer wins deportation delay Chess grandmaster has won a delay in efforts to deport him from Japan
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| Jul.16 |
Japan |
Chess champ Fischer held Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer, 61, has been detained by immigration authorities
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| Nov.18 |
 New York |
Kasparov and End 3-D Chess Series in Tie World No. 1 chess player drew the fourth and final game of his match against 'X3D Fritz'
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| Nov.11 |
New York |
Kasparov Draws First Game Vs 'X3D Fritz' World No. 1 chess player is admitted having difficulty with the program's virtual reality component
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| Feb.7 |
New York |
Computer Holds Kasparov to Match Tie The match pitting star grandmaster against the computing power of Deep Junior ended in a draw
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| Jan.26 |
New York |
Kasparov Wins First Round vs. Computer World number one chess player crushed Deep Junior in the first game of their 6-game 'Man vs Machine' match
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| Oct.19 |
 Bahrain |
Man and machine chess ends in stalemate World champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia tied 4-4 with the computer Deep Fritz
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| Dec.25 |
 Iran |
Anand wins FIDE Championship Indian grandmaster V. Anand beats A. Shirov of Spain 3.5 to 0.5. Chess has had 2 champions since 1993
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| Nov.2 |
 England |
Kasparov lost world title to Kramnik Final Score: Kramnik 8.5 - 6.5 Kasparov
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