Carlsen, 34, became the world's top-ranked player in 2010 aged 19 and has won five World Championships. He achieved the highest-ever chess rating of 2882 in 2014 and has remained the undisputed ...

When one former world chess champion implied that another was cheating on the online platform Chess.com, a statistician was ...

He became an international master at the age of 12. The world of chess has garnered global headlines of late for controversies including the poisoning of an opponent, cheating and violent behaviour.

Under the glare of the lights in New York's Time Square, a Nigerian chess master makes his bid to break the world record for the longest continuous chess game to raise money for children back home.

Carlsen, a chess grand master, ... Magnus Carlsen plays Michael Bezold during Day 1 of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship on Dec. 30, 2024 in New York City. (Misha Friedman/Getty Images) ...

After losses in Round 13, D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa played out a tie-breaker in the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, with the former coming good in sudden-death to win.

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.

Carlsen, 34, became the world’s top-ranked player in 2010 at 19 and has won five World Championships. He achieved the highest-ever chess rating of 2882 in 2014 and has remained the undisputed ...

Carlsen, 34, became the world’s top-ranked player in 2010 at 19 and has won five World Championships. He achieved the highest-ever chess rating of 2882 in 2014 and has remained the undisputed ...