Wielding the white pieces, van Foreest and Carlsen ventured into the Sicilian Najdorf. Carlsen took an early eight minute ...

Magnus Carlsen’s game against Zhu Jiner at the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament was extra special as he was playing a rated ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen just won a $250,000 online chess tournament using an iPad. He didn't have a computer and ...

Strange things happen in Hamburg all the time. On the second weekend in January, at the Brahms-Kontor building — an Art Deco marvel in the city centre — Germany’s highest level of competitive team ...

BERLIN — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game. Billed as “Magnus Carlsen ...

World No. 1 and five-time world Magnus Carlsen suffered his first classical chess defeat in nearly a year after losing to ...

Magnus Carlsen lost a classical chess match for the first time since Norway Chess 2025, while Arjun Erigaisi drew with ...

Magnus Carlsen made a return to Classical chess at the TePe Sigeman Chess 2026, rekindling old memories in Malmo while ...

The erstwhile chess world champion broke earnings records for the game ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game ...

The world's top chess player quit a major tournament in New York City after officials told him he couldn't wear jeans to compete. Magnus Carlsen, 34, was competing in the International Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen is widely regarded as one of, if not the, greatest chess players of all time. Carlsen was a child prodigy, though he didn't love chess at first. The Norway-born grandmaster told the ...