Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current World No ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Magnus Carlsen of Norway competes against Daniil Dubov of Russia on January 16, 2020 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.Dean Mouhtaropoulos ...

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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 ...

The erstwhile chess world champion broke earnings records for the game Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...

The chess world recently witnessed another captivating chapter featuring its undisputed titan, Magnus Carlsen, and the formidable rising Indian prodigy, D. Gukesh. Their intensifying rivalry has ...

Faker joins Cristiano Ronaldo and Magnus Carlsen as the Esports Foundation's newest Game Ambassador through 2028.

In the aftermath of grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky’s sudden death at the age of 29, many in the chess world have responded by trying to hold Russian grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik to account. While the ...

American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura showered praise on Viswanathan Anand after his recent match against Magnus Carlsen.

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 ...