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Praggnanandhaa goes down fighting in the Chess World Cup final to Carlsen
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa has lost to former five-time World Chess Champion, Magus Carlse…
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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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Magnus Carlsen won the $2.3m chess world championship in a match filled with drama and intrigue
Magnus Carlsen's win in the World Chess Championship 2021 comes hot on the heels of the success of …
Bill Bostock
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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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The world's best chess player said Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' 'did chess better' than anything else Hollywood has done, but the game still has a culture of belittling women
"The Queen's Gambit" is Netflix most popular show right now. Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gave us his…
Bill Bostock
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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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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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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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World Chess Champ Magnus Carlsen Lost An Amazing Game
Meanwhile, Carlsen's main rival these days, Italy's Fabiano Caruana (actually, an American who now …
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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Carlsen And Anand Could Be Digging In For A Battle After Game 5 Of The World Chess Championship
For quite some time, I often played an Indian opening as white - the King's Indian Attack (KIA) - b…
Matthew DeBord
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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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World No. 1 chess Grandmaster entered a high-stakes poker game and lost a $17,095 pot with the worst starting hand
Chess' World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen made a move with 7-2 off-suit — the worst starting poker hand — a…
Alan Dawson
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This is what happens when Magnus Carlsen takes on his closest rival in chess
Second, Carlsen's closest challenger, the American-born Italian GM Fabiano Caruana, squared off aga…
Matthew DeBord
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2018 is going to be a very big year in chess as Magnus Carlsen goes for a World Championship 4-peat
For American chess fans, there will once again be a chance to root for the first US World Champ sin…
Matthew DeBord
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Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin are putting an end to the 'Grandmaster draw' at the World Chess Championship
In Game 5, Carlsen's strategy almost backfired. With the white pieces, he went for an ancient openi…
Matthew DeBord
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Lightning strikes at the World Chess Championship as Magnus Carlsen loses Game 8
Carlsen has real trouble now, and he knows it. He stormed out of the postgame press conference when…
Matthew DeBord
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Carlsen And Anand Play A Titanic 122-Move Game 7 At The World Chess Championship
But then again, there was a good chance that, with the white pieces, Carlsen would win at least one…
Matthew DeBord
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Magnus Carlsen starts the World Chess Championship with a bang - but game 1 ends with a draw
The idea in the Tromp is to create on the black kingside a position similar to what you'd see on bl…
Matthew DeBord
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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…