Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess tournament can lure new fans to the game, while engaging the hardcore enthusiasts. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Earlier this month, a handful of ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player ... to compete in a tournament with a $750,000 prize pool that kicked off the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour this week. The final, which is played ...

He previously worked for Complex Magazine in New York City. World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has accused 19-year-old Hans Niemann of cheating in a lengthy statement, calling cheating an ...

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 ...

And it is doing so with an unexpected and powerful ally: Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian grandmaster who dominated classical chess for more than a decade and who now advocates reinventing the ...

Five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen wowed the crowd at the NEXT Summit when he defeated Malta’s chess champion Colin Pace despite playing blindfolded in an exhibition match at the ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (dpa): Defending champion Magnus Carlsen has caused a scandal at the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York over his choice of trousers. After being punished by the world federation ...

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 ...

Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand has weighed in on the electrifying clash between Magnus Carlsen and D Gukesh at the upcoming Norway Chess 2025, a matchup poised to captivate the global chess ...

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 fans around the world are gearing up for D ...

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