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Magnus Carlsen won his 4th straight World Chess Championship by dominating the rapid tiebreaker after 12 straight draws
Carlsen is the world's best at this so-called "rapid" chess. After 11 consecutive draws in the clas…
Matthew DeBord
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Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen breaks his silence, says 19-year-old Hans Niemann has cheated 'more recently'
Magnus Carlsen called Hans Niemann's over-the-board growth "unusual" and questioned his attitude du…
Scott Davis
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The biggest chess star on Earth just casually became the number one ranked player in the world's largest fantasy soccer league
"In chess, you know when you've done well and when you've done poorly, but it's hard for me to take…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Magnus Carlsen plays chess far better than anyone in history, according to science
The chess world typically compares players using Elo ratings, calculated by looking at a player's r…
Gus Lubin
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It Took The World's Greatest Chess Player About 80 Seconds To Beat Bill Gates
Bill Gates, world's richest man turned crusading philanthropist, appeared opposite Carlsen on a Nor…
Dylan Love
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Video released during the World Chess Championships has many wondering if it was a terrible blunder or crafty a bit of gamesmanship
While the video might have looked harmless enough to the untrained eye, to many in the chess world,…
Tyler Lauletta
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An Almost Unbeatable Magnus Carlsen Defends His Title As World Chess Champion
Anand initially looked to be aiming for a draw with black in Game 11, setting up a decisive showdow…
Matthew DeBord
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A cheating feud involving world champion Magnus Carlsen and a 19-year-old prodigy is rocking the chess world
Magnus Carlsen's treatment of Hans Niemann has sparked cheating allegations, but so far, there's no…
Scott Davis
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The World Chess Championship is coming to New York
The other six Grandmasters in this year's Candidates Tournament are Peter Svidler and Sergey Karjia…
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An American finally has a shot at winning the World Chess Championship for the first time since Bobby Fischer in 1972
Neither player is particularly flamboyant or attacking in style. Carlsen likes to sit at the board …
Matthew DeBord
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World Cup chess: Praggnanandhaa shocks Caruana, meets Carlsen in final
In the final beginning on Tuesday, Praggnanandhaa will take on five-times title winner Carlsen,…
PTI
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Magnus Carlsen wins the 2016 World Championship
In those four 25-minute games, Carlsen edge became apparent. Karjakin consistently got into time tr…
Matthew DeBord
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Chess champion Magnus Carlsen told us how he decides to make a move, and it's not what we expected
Perhaps I imagined this because it's how I play chess (badly). Every time I'm about to make a move,…
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These Two Photos Tell You Everything About How The Biggest Chess Match In Years Is Going
We're in the middle of Game 8 of the best-of-12 World Chess Championship between current champion V…
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Here's Garry Kasparov's Prediction For The Most Anticipated Chess Match In Quite Some Time
We spoke with Kasparov in September, when he expanded upon why he felt that a win for the young, ch…
Brett LoGiurato
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Watch Bill Gates Lose To The World's Best Chess Player In One Minute
Gates challenges Magnus Carlsen to a match on Skavlan, a Norwegian talk show, and, from the outset,…
William Wei
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Chess prodigy Hans Niemann suing Magnus Carlsen for $100 million over cheating accusations
Hans Niemann's lawsuit claims that Magnus Carlsen, Chess.com, and others engaged in a coordinated c…
Scott Davis
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Magnus Carlsen is trying to avoid expectations at the World Chess Championship
I love to play to Morphy - named for the fascinating American 19th-century master, Paul Morphy - an…
Matthew DeBord
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American challenger Fabiano Caruana missed his best chance to win a game against Magnus Carlsen at World Chess Championship
And still, a draw after 34 moves. The WCC consists of 12 classical games, followed by rapid/blitz t…
Matthew DeBord
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12 Successful People Share The Biggest Career Risk They Ever Took
Chess wunderkind Magnus Carlsen told us from the red carpet that there wasn't "particularly [any] r…