Carlsen is a friend of Jan Henric Buettner, a Hamburg-born entrepreneur whose Weissenhaus Chess Academy sponsors the St.Pauli ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body ...

The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.

The player’s shock withdrawal prompted the International Chess Federation to relax a dress code that penalized him for ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...

Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian chess grandmaster and one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, boasts an ...

Carlsen had married Ella Victoria Malone at a ceremony in Oslo on 4 January. The honeymoon, however, barely lasted a week and ...

Breaking his silence on the match-fixing controversy for the first-time, FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich defended Magnus ...

On Friday, Carlsen walked away from the World Rapid Chess Championship ... on the board before playing his first move and ultimately going on to win the match. Magnus Carlsen arrives one minute ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title ... accommodation is within a short walking distance from the playing venue, making adherence to the rules more convenient," the statement ...

Star footballer Mo Salah has labelled the chess world No.1 Magnus Carlsen as the ‘best endgame player ever’. The Liverpool ...

NEW YORK — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the ... a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out of ...