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

My chess coach, Grandmaster Jon Ludvig Hammer, might have played one of the best games I've seen recently. He checkmated the ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

India's D Gukesh secured a thrilling victory in his first game since becoming the World Chess Champion in mid-December.

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 ...