World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen has never been one to bask in unwarranted hype. The Norwegian grandmaster recently shrugged off a viral statistic that painted him as an unshakable chess “superhuman ...

Magnus Carlsen strolls across the parking lot of Millerntor Stadium in Hamburg as the journalists scurry into hiding. As if the superstar of the chess world were a skittish doe that would take ...

Magnus Carlsen, the undisputed king of chess and World No. 1 for over a decade, recently made a startling confession: there’s ...

The second day of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Paris ended in high drama, with Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi emerging as joint leaders. Meanwhile, newly-crowned World ...

The chess world is embroiled in fresh controversy after an American grandmaster launched a scathing attack against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and a compatriot, accusing them of orchestrating a ...

PARIS, April 15 (Reuters) - World number one Magnus Carlsen underlined his status as one of chess' most versatile and dominant figures, clinching victory at the inaugural Paris Freestyle Chess ...

World number one Magnus Carlsen emerged victorious at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Paris, sealing the title in dominant fashion on Monday. Carlsen defeated Hikaru Nakamura 1.5–0.5 in the ...

On the contrary, Magnus Carlsen was his supreme self in the city, defeating World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura in the final to claim glory. That brought Carlsen to the top of the Tour heap with 40 points ...