Number one grandmaster, Magnus Carlsen, has won the inaugural online chess competition at the Esports World Cup. The ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers. On Friday, Carlsen walked ...

A lot had already been said, mostly surrounding the scepticism about how Gukesh Dommaraju was not quite living up to his world championship promise. Tensions boiled over. And it peaked during his ...

Chess is popular, with over 600 million playing it regularly in 200 countries. That has given Magnus Carlsen a lot of competition.

BERLIN — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game. Billed as “Magnus Carlsen ...