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 ...

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

And, with luck, I’ll also find time for a round of golf among the rolling hills of eastern Holstein. Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

Magnus Carlsen is a multi-time chess world champion - but his career has not been without controversy. Carlsen, 34, is the world No.1 and has won the Blitz World Championship eight times.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC) consisting of the likes of D Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura received official recognition from the FIDE in December 2024. D Gukesh and Magnus ...

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.