On a recent Friday afternoon, Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player in the world, showed up at the World Rapid Championships, on Wall Street, in New York, wearing a blazer, dress shoes ...

Chess’ world number one player Magnus Carlsen – a position he ... last week when he decided to quit over a dispute over clothing. Carlsen had shown up for the competition in a pair of ...

C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent ...

DEGGANS: And finally, I don't think I've ever said this in an NPR sports segment - we got to talk about chess. STEELE ... STEELE: Yeah, Magnus Carlsen, the top-ranked player, withdrew from ...

A dispute between the chess federation FIDE and Magnus Carlsen escalates over the branding of the Freestyle Chess series.

The Schachbundesliga has never known such a clamour. Magnus Carlsen — the most famous current chess player in the world and the game’s number one — made his debut for St. Pauli’s chess team.

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. Tuesday’s final in New York was ...

Platform provider BETBY hosted chess icon and brand ambassador Magnus Carlsen at its booth during ICE Barcelona ’s opening ...

NPR's Eric Deggans talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the last week of the NFL regular season, the college football playoff semifinals, and a clothing controversy in chess.