Magnus Carlsen is the 2025 FIDE World Rapid Champion. The Norwegian chess star showed incredible composure and ...

Magnus Carlsen, widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all time, won the World Blitz Championship in December 2025 ...

Norway's Magnus Carlsen, the world's number one chess player, on Tuesday won the World Blitz Championship in Doha, days after ...

When Magnus Carlsen started playing chess at the age of eight, he grew up in “a hybrid generation,” mainly playing on the board, he tells Euronews Next in an interview. Fast forward 25 years and the ...

Chess is making its debut at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, with $1.5 million on the line. Ahead of the first pieces being moved around the board, 5-time world champion from Norway, ...

The World Blitz Championship is known for its fast-paced games and unexpected outcomes, and the match between Carlsen and Erigaisi was no exception. Carlsen, who opened the game aggressively, faced a ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game ...

In a fiery press conference before FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025, Magnus Carlsen refused to see world ...

Magnus Carlsen settled a bizarre feud with chess’s international governing body by returning to a major tournament in New York City days after a dispute with officials led him to withdraw abruptly.

Magnus Carlsen’s chess résumé is unmatched. The five-time world champion is a prodigy-turned-grandmaster who long ago burned through all of the game’s superlatives. He has posted the highest chess ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a ...