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.

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If you look at the world rankings, which have Raducanu at No 61 and Swiatek No 2, you would expect this to be a ...

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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 ...

Star footballer Mo Salah has labelled the chess world No.1 Magnus Carlsen as the ‘best endgame player ever’. The Liverpool attacker also spoke about how he his addicted to chess and how the sport ...

Chess superstar Magnus Carlsen today quit the currently ongoing World Rapid and Blitz Championships following a row over him wearing jeans.

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 ...

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.