“[Magnus Carlsen’s] entire career is on the line. If he loses to me, I don’t think he can show his face in another tournament again.” As openings to chess showdowns go, it was unstinting. But such is ...

The overall score after 12 games played is tied at 6-6 and both grandmasters will be playing a series of tie-break games on Wednesday to determine the new world champion MOSCOW, November 29. /TASS/.

World champ D Gukesh pounced on a Magnus Carlsen blunder in the sixth round of Norway Chess Sunday evening to beat him for the first time ever in a classical game, causing a mini-tantrum from Carlsen.

According to the latest FIDE rating list, 22 players in the World Cup are rated 2700 or higher, ensuring that the event features the absolute elite of world chess. So, Gukesh certainly won’t have it ...

Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen is competing in the 2013 World Chess Championships. Melissa Block speaks with Joran Jansson, president of the Norwegian Chess Federation, for more on his rise to ...

Don’t kid yourself: Thinking is hard. You can see this in grandmaster chess players, whose heart rates triple to cantering under their shirts. What separates champion Magnus Carlsen is his lethal ...