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

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

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

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

The Blitz final began with two wins for Carlsen, who then needed only a draw to secure the title. Ian staged a comeback in ...

Magnus Carlsen returned to compete in the Blitz World Championship this week after he withdrew from the Rapid tournament on ...

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

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

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

The 34-year-old has since said he will return to the contest on Monday and will continue to wear jeans when he plays. Carlsen ...

Chess star Magnus Carlsen was at the centre of two controversies during the recent World Rapid and Blitz Championships - here ...

Indians continue to make waves in world chess. After a fabulous 2024 for players from the country, Arjun Erigaisi began the ...