A now-viral video shows what Carlsen did before starting his chess match against Kazakhstan’s Alua Nurman.

The top-ranked chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday due to a dispute over the dress code. Carlsen refused to change out ...

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

For more than a decade, the Sinquefield Cup has been a key stop on the Grand Chess Tour, bringing together some of the world’s top players in a competition that helps define the highest level of the ...

Hans Niemann, the American teenager embroiled in chess’s cheating scandal, has accused world champion Magnus Carlsen of paying another grandmaster to heckle him during a tournament. Niemann alleges ...

A new Netflix documentary on the 2022 cheating scandal points to how in the Carlsen vs Niemann case, Chess.com was the chief character witness against the accused, the partial executioner, the lead ...

Chess great Viswanathan Anand has finally broken his silence on Magnus Carlsen relinquishing the world chess title in 2022, ...

BERLIN (AP) — 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 ...

Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess, author Ben Mezrich explores every angle of the match where Niemann improbably beat Carlsen, leading Carlsen to imply that Niemann had ...

How many people does it take to defeat a chess grandmaster at their own game? Turns out, more than 143,000. Magnus Carlsen's match against the world ended in a draw Monday. The match — which featured ...

Magnus Carlsen married his wife in 2025 and they welcomed a child later that year ...

Magnus Carlsen now holds all three world chess championship titles after winning both the World Rapid and World Blitz titles in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this week, marking the third time Carlsen has held ...