Magnus Carlsen of Norway competes against Daniil Dubov of Russia on January 16, 2020 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Magnus Carlsen was 13 when he became a Grandmaster and ...

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 ...

Greatness cannot be achieved without sacrifice. While it is the fire that burns inside that fuels the brilliance, the pursuit for perfection can also torment, turning relationships to ashes and ...

The Norwegian world champ was far from perfect but still managed to come out on top at the inaugural Magnus Carlsen Invitational, an online rapid round-robin featuring eight of the best players on the ...

All good things must come to an end, and so it was that Magnus Carlsen’s record-breaking streak without defeat in classical chess was halted by Jan-Krzysztof Duda on Saturday. World champion Carlsen, ...

World champion Magnus Carlsen, for the first time in the post-pandemic lockdown era, fell in the semifinals of the 16-player Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge last week to U.S. GM Hikaru Nakamura.

Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has reinvigorated the game of chess in Norway, and now his company seems set to make its mark on education. As Norway’s Magnus Carlsen won yet another speed chess ...

It has been 1,090 days since the last World Chess Championship. In the meantime, the ancient game has seen a modern resurgence, a swell in popularity driven by technology and a global pandemic, a ...

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen defeated challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2021 World Chess Championship, extending Carlsen’s eight-year reign. Postponed from late 2020 due to Covid-19, the ...

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the $100 million lawsuit filed by American grandmaster Hans Niemann in connection with the cheating scandal that roiled the world of chess last fall. Niemann, 20, ...

Greatness cannot be achieved without sacrifice. While it is the fire that burns inside that fuels the brilliance, the pursuit for perfection can also torment, turning relationships to ashes and ...

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