He managed to achieve what many professional players can only dream of—defeating one of the greatest chess players of all time.

The All India Chess Federation hosted a ceremony in New Delhi, honoring teenage Grandmaster D Gukesh for becoming the ...

The Tata Steel Chess, which will be Gukesh Dommaraju’s first event since being crowned world champion in Singapore, gets ...

The FIDE World Chess Championship carries a $2.5m (£1.96m ... won what is considered the first title match way back in 1886. Born in May 2006, Gukesh is also, by far, the youngest player to ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s No1 chess player, has triggered a major backlash after cutting short a final to share a world championship title with his rival. The 34-year-old Norwegian grandmaster ...

Carlsen made a U-turn on his decision to not play the Blitz championship and reminded the chess world what all the fuss was about. He beat Hans Nieman 2.5 - 1.5 in the quarterfinal (where he ...

NEW YORK – Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York, after initially quitting following governing body Fide’s decision to bar him ...

Renowned chess player Magnus Carlsen’s has announced his return to play in the upcoming World Blitz Championship -- a U-turn from a few days prior after he withdrew from another event organised ...

Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially quitting following governing body FIDE's decision to bar him for wearing jeans.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers. On Friday, Carlsen ...