Chess is making its debut at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, with $1.5 million on the line. Ahead of the first pieces being moved around the board, 5-time world champion from Norway, ...

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri discusses Magnus Carlsen’s decision to stay away ...

Anand recently talked on a variety of topics and also supported the idea of the Total Championship, which has divided ...

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 ...

Arjun Erigaisi stunned World No.1 Magnus Carlsen at the 2025 Freestyle Grand Slam Finals, climbing to 3rd place. The Indian ...

The Total World Championship Tour will name an entirely new FIDE World Combined Champion across three time controls.

Magnus Carlsen of Norway competes against Daniil Dubov of Russia on January 16, 2020 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Magnus Carlsen was 13 when he became a Grandmaster and ...

Magnus Carlsen won the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour by securing a spot in the semi-finals at the South Africa Finals.

The University of the Western Cape hosted a simultaneous display ahead of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals ...

Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess grandmaster and reigning World Chess Champion, won't defend or seek a sixth title in 2023. Carlsen, 31, revealed on his podcast, "The Magnus Effect" that he spent ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current World No ...

Magnus Carlsen of Norway successfully defended his world chess championship title on Friday, extending an unbroken reign atop the game that began in 2013. He defeated his challenger, Ian ...