Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen abruptly withdrew from a game against American Hans Niemann, reigniting an ongoing cheating controversy in the sport. After playing just one move in a ...

Magnus Carlsen of Norway competes against Daniil Dubov of Russia on January 16, 2020 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Magnus Carlsen was 13 when he became a Grandmaster and ...

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players enjoy Magnus Carlsen's celebrity status. A grand master at 13, refusing to play an American dogged by allegations of cheating, and venturing into the world ...

"Part of me, honestly, when I had that loss, recently just felt it was so dumb and so unnecessary, and it made me feel so kind of washed and useless," he said on the podcast. "My thoughts for a few ...

Magnus Carlsen is widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all time. Inevitably, however, we are talking about jeans. “A lot of people want to see some kind of conspiracy behind things,” he ...

Hans Niemann, the American teenager embroiled in chess’s cheating scandal, has accused world champion Magnus Carlsen of paying another grandmaster to heckle him during a tournament. Niemann alleges ...

In the chess community, this month will be remembered for only one thing: Magnus Carlsen vs. Hans Niemann. The reigning world chess champion and a top-50 ranked grandmaster have spent the past few ...

Magnus Carlsen won the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour by securing a spot in the semi-finals at the South Africa Finals. Despite a rocky start, he defeated Fabiano Caruana. Javokhir Sindarov, ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... It was the bang heard around the chess world. With his clock running low and defeat at his doorstep, perhaps the greatest chess player of ...

Fantasy Chess founder Magnus Carlsen and CEO Mats André Kristiansen have powerful backers to push a new fantasy and streaming startup in chess. Norway-based Fantasy Chess has raised pre-seed funding ...

The world’s top-ranked chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has drawn an unprecedented game where he played against more than 143,000 players from around the world. The event set a new record for someone ...

Magnus Carlsen proved that even the very best chess players in the world can sometimes have an off day. The Norwegian grandmaster suffered a surprising defeat against Vladislav Artemiev at the ...