The world’s No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially withdrawing as he refused to change out of a pair of jeans.

On a recent Friday afternoon, Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player in the world, showed up at the World Rapid Championships, on Wall Street, in New York, wearing a blazer, dress shoes ...

C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

The Schachbundesliga has never known such a clamour. Magnus Carlsen — the most famous current chess player in the world and the game’s number one — made his debut for St. Pauli’s chess team.

Magnus Carlsen is a multi-time chess world champion - but his career has not been without controversy. Carlsen, 34, is the world No.1 and has won the Blitz World Championship eight times.

Magnus Carlsen has tied the knot with Ella Victoria Malone in an elegant ceremony in Norway. The chess Grand Master was snapped kissing his 26-year-old bride Ella Victoria Malone outside ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. Tuesday’s final in New York was ...

Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen, 34, was drawing against Ian Nepomniachtchi, also known as Nepo, at the World Blitz Championships on Wednesday when he leaned over the board and offered ...

Popularized by the American champion Bobby Fischer, the 960 possible starting positions mean that every game poses ... chess showdown held in Singapore this month. That’s because Magnus Carlsen ...

"I think my key to victory wasn't even about what I did or what Magnus Carlsen did, but rather that at the adjacent board, there was a man with an Elo rating over 2000, so Carlsen focused on the man ...

Chess star Magnus Carlsen has had an incredibly successful career but has not always managed to stay away from controversy. The 34-year-old multi-time world champion has been the No.1 ranked chess ...