Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen was back competing in New York in the World Blitz Championship on Monday after he quit the Rapid World Championship over the weekend because of a dispute over a ...

Reigning world champion D Gukesh stunned world number one Magnus Carlsen yet again at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2025, in Zagreb, extending his win streak to five on Thursday. There ...

Dec. 28 (UPI) --Magnus Carlsen, the world's top chess player, says he has quit the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York after refusing to change out of his jeans as requested by officials.

Magnus Carlsen, one of the top chess players in the world, revealed Wednesday he refused to play in the world championship next year against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Carlsen, 31, said in a podcast ...

Carlsen also explained that besides the two Americans, Nakamura and Caruana, and Pragg, he doesn't think anyone has a real chance of winning the Candidates.

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It has been 1,090 days since the last World Chess Championship. In the meantime, the ancient game has seen a modern resurgence, a swell in popularity driven by technology and a global pandemic, a ...

Norway's Magnus Carlsen is the top-ranked chess player in the world. World Chess Champion since 2013, he defended his title Wednesday in a series of fast-paced tie-breakers against America's Fabiano ...

“Greatness for me is being able to do something over a long time while constantly improving yourself, aiming for the best” HERZOGENAURACH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The recently announced PUMA ...