The dream of any professional chess player is to become the world No. 1, and D Gukesh is also aiming to achieve that.

Magnus Carlsen, the top-ranked chess player in the world, slammed his fist on the table after losing for the first time. Carlsen was beat by 19-year-old Gukesh ...

Magnus Carlsen faced off against former Norwegian national champion Frode Elsness in the opening round of the the 2025-26 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky reacted to Magnus Carlsen's remark on Hikaru Nakamura's qualification for Candidates 2026.

The top-ranked chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday due to a dispute over the dress code. Carlsen refused to change out ...

PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Magnus Carlsen feels he's still better than the young generation of chess players, but the Norwegian great is ruling out a comeback at the classical world championship.