The pinnacle of chess has weathered its fair share of controversies in recent years, including a cheating dustup, geopolitical tension, and players’ bizarre complaints about creaky floors.

World chess great Magnus Carlsen ... The sport was rocked by rumors that a chess coach had told his rival Hans Niemann what moves to play by sending buzzes to a sex toy hidden in his body.

The top-ranked chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen ... "Obviously, this has not been the best tournament for me," Carlsen said. "Lost one game. Could have lost a couple more.

Zoey Tang started playing chess at age 7 in a local library. Now, at just 16, she’s No. 1 in the U.S. and ready to be named a ...

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Checkmate! Magnus Carlsen is in contention for the greatest chess player ever, and now he's won the heart of his new bride, Ella Victoria Malone ...

On Friday, Dec. 27, the Norwegian grandmaster showed up to the Rapid World Championship wearing jeans and a sports jacket. However, per the chess federation ... to-date on the best of what ...

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 ...

The first day of the World Championship in the shorter versions of chess saw five rounds of rapid chess and teenagers shine ...

The move that Gukesh finally played was, in fact, the best choice ... Kibitzing a world championship chess game is the common ground between watching a poker player decide whether to call a ...

India is expected to host the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 at the end of this year. The last premier international chess event hosted by India was back in 2022.

“They want to see Magnus Carlsen play chess. He’s the best player in the world and that’s that.” FIDE insisted that the rules were the rules and applied “equally to all players.