On January 27, 2026, 19-year-old chess player, Jacorey Bynum, bested the number one-ranked chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, in a blitz game hosted on "Take Take Take," a new chess-focused ...

Hans Niemann, the American teenager embroiled in chess’s cheating scandal, has accused world champion Magnus Carlsen of paying another grandmaster to heckle him during a tournament. Niemann alleges ...

The Frenchman is ranked world No 12, but that is a disappointment after he became the youngest ever 2800-rated player at 18 ...

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players enjoy Magnus Carlsen's celebrity status. A grand master at 13, refusing to play an American dogged by allegations of cheating, and venturing into the world ...

Magnus Carlsen is widely regarded as one of, if not the, greatest chess players of all time. Carlsen was a child prodigy, though he didn't love chess at first. The Norway-born grandmaster told the ...

Two weeks ago, at a press conference in London, after Round Five of the twelve-round world chess championship, the two competitors, Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen, were asked to name their ...

Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess grandmaster and reigning World Chess Champion, won't defend or seek a sixth title in 2023. Carlsen, 31, revealed on his podcast, "The Magnus Effect" that he spent ...

BERLIN (AP) — 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 ...

One by one, the pieces came off the chess board, until only the two kings and a lone bishop remained. It was a draw, but Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, shook Ding Liren’s hand with a look of ...

Magnus Carlsen now holds all three world chess championship titles after winning both the World Rapid and World Blitz titles in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this week, marking the third time Carlsen has held ...

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 ...