All the strongest grandmasters of the world are battling for supremacy under a knock out system.
As he turned 94 this month, a museum opened in his home village of Kurya, Altai.
Anastasia Strashevskaya, 18, from Novosibirsk vows to keep studying as she qualifies for casting for the Miss Russia pageant.
One victim suffered bullet wounds, two more injured after jumping out of window in Barabinsk.
The unnamed third year student from Dagestan was excluded for wearing a headscarf against the university's rules.
Oleg Peshkov was killed when the Turkish air force downed his Su-24 over Syria as he battled terrorists.
Russian number one admits pride when announcers say she hails from the remote oil town of Nyagan.
Tragedy as teens walked in biting cold rather than wait for bus.
Many Pacific islands are famed for their palm trees, but Sakhalin is facing some of the heaviest January blizzards in living memory.