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

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

Carlsen's long-time trainer and Vishwanathan Anand's former coach Peter Heine Nielsen has accused FIDE of being controlled by ...

Magnus Carlsen is a multi-time chess world champion - but his career has not been without controversy. Carlsen, 34, is the world No.1 and has won the Blitz World Championship eight times.

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. Tuesday’s final in New York was ...

Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Magnus Carlsen. The world No. 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen has refuted the match-fixing allegations that have emerged after a backstage video from the World Blitz ...

Interference from his sport’s governing body over a trivial matter resulted in the world’s number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, quitting a tournament in protest. The International Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s No1 chess player, has triggered a major backlash after cutting short a final to share a world championship title with his rival. The 34-year-old Norwegian grandmaster ...

For the first time in World Blitz Championship history, the open section has two champions after Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agreed to a draw after tiebreakers in the final with the ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers.On Friday, Carlsen ...

NEW YORK – Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York, after initially quitting following governing body Fide’s decision to bar him ...