Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess player since 2010, will take a seat in Weissenhaus, Germany, to compete in freestyle ...

Magnus Carlsen and D Gukesh ... positions (also called shuffle chess), Chess960 adheres to two rules. The bishops must be in opposite-coloured squares, and the king in a square between two rooks.

The Schachbundesliga has never known such a clamour. Advertisement Magnus Carlsen — the most famous current chess player in the world and the game’s number one — made his debut for St. Pauli ...