Magnus Carlsen advises against reinstating Russian chess federation at award acceptance speech
Having received the FIDE award for the greatest chess player in the last 100 years from the hands of...
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Chess Olympiad: Magnus Carlsen thought he’d lost by forfeit… then a photographer came to his rescue
Magnus Carlsen played his first game at the ongoing Chess Olympiad for Norway on Friday, but the wor...
Anish Giri interview: Why chess feels simpler these days, added pressure of being 30 and how the sport is getting younger
Grandmaster Anish Giri will make his debut in the Global Chess League later this year as an icon pla...
Arjun Erigaisi stuns Magnus Carlsen in final of World Blitz Team Championships as team wins silver
Arjun Erigaisi pulled off a magnificent upset of Magnus Carlsen in their individual battle in the fi...
Magnus Carlsen claims victory in Norway Chess 2024; Ju Wenjun wins women’s event
Magnus Carlsen won the Norway Chess 2024 tournament late on Friday night after defeating Fabiano Car...
Henrik Carlsen interview: Magnus is very good at playing the opponent rather than playing the position
Henrik Carlsen jokes that he’s in Stavanger to drive his son Magnus Carlsen around among other thing...
Magnus Carlsen exclusive: Gukesh is calculation-based, Pragg is more intuitive, Arjun is complete mad man… wants to kill you in every single game
Former five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen found himself in uncharted territory recently. The ma...
The story behind Magnus Carlsen beating Viswanathan Anand in 10 moves at Casablanca?
Magnus Carlsen defeated Viswanathan Anand in just 10 moves in their first clash at the Casablanca ch...
Magnus Carlsen blunders when being one move away from title; Takes frustration out on bottle
Even the world’s greatest chess player can blunder from a winning position. Magnus Carlsen was one a...
Masters clash: Anand to play Carlsen in a unique, nostalgia-soaked chess tournament at Casablanca, devised by stock exchange head and Kasparov
Just last week, Magnus Carlsen found himself in an unusual situation: at the Superbet Rapid and Blit...
Praggnanandhaa vs Magnus Carlsen again, this time on World No 1’s home turf in Norway
Norway Chess, one of the world’s most prestigious chess tournaments hosted annually in Stavanger, wi...
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen reveals his ‘nervous system collapsed’ after losing to Pragg: know why it happens
Fatigue is not just physical; it can affect the mind too. This is exactly what happened when Norwegi...
Magnus Carlsen defeats all 9 players in a row to win Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland event
Magnus Carlsen claimed a jaw-dropping victory in the World Rapid and Blitz Poland event on Sunday af...
Magnus Carlsen after losing to Pragg: ‘My nervous system just collapsed against Praggnanandhaa… after that I sucked’
Magnus Carlsen was within touching distance of top spot at the Grand Chess Tour Superbet Rapid and B...
Explained: Unique chess format in which Viswanathan Anand will face Magnus Carlsen, Nakamura in Morocco’s Casablanca
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will face off against Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and...
Magnus Carlsen takes lie detector test; reveals he played game while drunk, peed his pants once
Magnus Carlsen, arguably the world’s greatest chess player, recently took on a new challenge: answer...