Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is playing a single game of chess against 140,000 people worldwide in a mega-match that ...

Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess tournament can lure new fans to the game, while engaging the hardcore enthusiasts. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Earlier this month, a handful of ...

Magnus Carlsen strolls across the parking lot of Millerntor Stadium in Hamburg as the journalists scurry into hiding. As if the superstar of the chess world were a skittish doe that would take ...

And it is doing so with an unexpected and powerful ally: Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian grandmaster who dominated classical chess for more than a decade and who now advocates reinventing the ...

Norway is enjoying a boom in chess playing following the success of the country's Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championships. The Travel Show's Mike Corey went to meet him for a rare TV ...

Magnus Carlsen was proved right as D Gukesh’s Freestyle Chess struggles continued. The India No. 1 had a miserable showing in Paris, settling for joint-11th position with fellow Indian Vidit ...

The 20-year-old German knew it was over. Sitting across from him, Magnus Carlsen surveyed the board, content with his spoils. Keymer resigned, the spectators’ arena erupted in applause ...

Five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen wowed the crowd at the NEXT Summit when he defeated Malta’s chess champion Colin Pace despite playing blindfolded in an exhibition match at the ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world number one, soared to a new landmark in chess history yesterday when the 34-year-old won all his nine games in the Grenke Freestyle Open at Karlsruhe, Germany.