The competition is the brainchild of Magnus Carlsen (a Norwegian player and five-time world champion widely regarded as the best in the world) and Jan Henric Buettner (a German businessman).

PARIS – The ongoing dispute between the International Chess Federation (Fide) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC), which is co ...

Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen slammed the strategy of World Champion and India's grand master D Gukesh after he managed a draw against Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov in a match ...

PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club ...

Israeli Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky is currently at war with World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. The 47-year-old FIDE CEO caught everyone’s attention on X, formerly on Twitter, during the World Rapid ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Chess star Magnus Carlsen has had an incredibly successful career but has not always managed to stay away from controversy. The 34-year-old multi-time world champion has been the No.1 ranked chess ...

The Rapid competition was shrouded by Magnus Carlsen’s jeans scandal. Then it just didn’t stop there as it seeped into the Blitz C’ship as well, where fans saw the World No. 1 share the ...