BERLIN (AP) — Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is playing a single game of chess against 140,000 people worldwide in a ...

Other than D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and Magnus Carlsen, the men’s Norway Chess lineup consists of Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Wei Yi.

Chess has been cresting a popularity wave begun by Carlsen himself. He became the world’s top-ranked player in 2011. In 2013, he won the first of his five World Championships.

The 20-year-old German knew it was over. Sitting across from him, Magnus Carlsen surveyed the board, content with his spoils. Keymer resigned, the spectators’ arena erupted in applause ...