The 2015 Sinquefield cup is the strongest tournament in the history of chess. The field includes ma…

"The Grand Chess Tour was created with just one goal in mind: Demonstrating the highest level of or…

Following the third-round win, the 18-year-old Indian now leads the men's section with 5.5 poin…

Bill Gates, world's richest man turned crusading philanthropist, appeared opposite Carlsen on a Nor…

For American chess fans, there will once again be a chance to root for the first US World Champ sin…

Carlsen is the world's best at this so-called "rapid" chess. After 11 consecutive draws in the clas…

The 11-all scoreline has set off the usual bout of complaints that there are too many draws in supe…

The other six Grandmasters in this year's Candidates Tournament are Peter Svidler and Sergey Karjia…

In those four 25-minute games, Carlsen edge became apparent. Karjakin consistently got into time tr…

Neither player is particularly flamboyant or attacking in style. Carlsen likes to sit at the board …

"I am on the side of Russia and my President," chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin tweeted earlier in…

"We introduced him to this flag book when he was four, and there he could read all about the countr…

However, anything goes in an endgame, so I'll just run through the sequence where Carlsen blew it (…

But this is a bit weird, as both white and black have castled kingside. So black has a direct attac…

Meanwhile, Carlsen's main rival these days, Italy's Fabiano Caruana (actually, an American who now …

Carlsen has real trouble now, and he knows it. He stormed out of the postgame press conference when…

In 2014 at the Cup, Caruana won in dominating fashion, almost running the table against a field tha…

In the final beginning on Tuesday, Praggnanandhaa will take on five-times title winner Carlsen,…

But Karjakin is a slightly scary combination of risk-averse player and skilled calculator. Over and…

So is more of more of a hard-charger on the international chess scene. Nakamura is no wimp, but he'…