Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current World No ...

The Norwegian chess team hasn't been sent to Georgia this year, for the ongoing European Team Championships. The reason ...

Norway is missing from the 2025 European Team Chess Championships in Batumi despite being home to World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen.

FIDE’s message also makes a not-so-subtle reference to the infamous ‘jeans-gate’ incident at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz ...

BERLIN (AP) — Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is playing a single game of chess against 140,000 people worldwide in a mega-match that could overturn expectations by ending in a draw in the next ...

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 ...

Chess icon Magnus Carlsen and wife Ella Victoria Carlsen welcomed their first child on September 27, drawing global ...

Niemann beat Carlsen earlier in September, and Carlsen later abruptly quit a match against Niemann, rocking the chess world. Carlsen questioned Niemann's growth as a player and his attitude during ...

Hans Niemann, the American teenager embroiled in chess’s cheating scandal, has accused world champion Magnus Carlsen of paying another grandmaster to heckle him during a tournament. Niemann alleges ...

Magnus Carlsen and wife Ella welcomed their first child, with fans joking newborn may follow in his chess footsteps ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game ...

Chess crowned a new superstar Friday, as Magnus Carlsen clinched his first world chess title in a victory many expect to revolutionize the game. At 22 years old, and with enough mainstream appeal to ...