Chess legend Magnus Carlsen is stepping into the world of esports, bringing his strategic brilliance to Saudi Arabia’s ...

The world of chess has been going through somewhat of an evolution in recent years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down ...

Magnus Carlsen created a stir in the chess world earlier this week when he resigned from a preliminary match at the Julius Baer Generation Cup against American Hans Niemann after making only one move.

Carlsen is now widely regarded as the best chess player of all time. He has been the top player in the world since 2011, and the reigning world champion ever since that victory over Anand.

The first day of the FIDE Chess World Cup final saw World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and India's R Praggnanandhaa settling for a draw. The final, which is being held in Baku (Azerbaijan), enters the ...

Carlsen, the No. 1-ranked chess player in the world, explained his decision to withdraw from the Sinquefield Cup earlier this month and resigning from their Julius Baer Generation Cup match with ...

Chess titan Magnus Carlsen quit a pair of tournaments in New York Friday after the sport's governing body told him he couldn't wear jeans while participating in his matches.

Carlsen first won a World Chess Championship title in 2013 and won four more in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021. He's also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and a five-time World Blitz Chess Champion.

Magnus Carlsen returned to the highest levels of chess and winning ways after he enjoyed a break from the sport to play poker. In his absence, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren contested Carlsen ...

Carlsen, the world No. 1, went into the match as an 88 percent favorite, and into the tiebreakers as a 74 percent favorite, according to FiveThirtyEight’s analysis.

Carlsen had seemed in control, two pawns up after the opening, until he made a key mistake on his 25th move that endangered his queen. “I was really disappointed because I’d seen an easy way ...

Carlsen, the world No. 1, won four games and never lost. He emerged victorious in a marathon battle in Game 6, an instant classic and the longest world championship game ever played.