The FT recently interviewed Carlsen about his role in Freestyle Chess , where the positions of the back rank pieces are ...

The chess world has been embroiled in controversy recently, starting with a series of incidents during the FIDE World Rapid ...

Magnus Carlsen’s coach and former trainer of Viswanathan Anand, Peter Heine Nielsen, has launched a scathing attack on FIDE, ...

In a historic first, Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi were jointly crowned the World Blitz Chess Champions ...

The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...

Carlsen’s long-time trainer Peter Heine Nielsen, who also coached Viswanathan Anand in the past, took to X to defend the Norwegian and hit back at the Israeli Grandmaster’s accusations.

For once, everyone in the chess world appeared to agree with the controversial American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann. “The ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s No1 chess player, has triggered a major backlash after cutting short a final to share a world ...

The president of the CFR Andrey Filatov is proud that it was chess players that earned Russia’s first awards at international competitions in 2025 ...

Only a few days back, Magnus Carlsen was disqualified from the Rapid event for refusing to change into formal trousers.

The player’s shock withdrawal prompted the International Chess Federation to relax a dress code that penalized him for ...