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 ...

In September, chess world champion Magnus Carlsen accused a younger grandmaster, Hans Niemann, of cheating after losing a game to him in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. After weeks of speculation, a ...

A Dutchman, he was considered the best player outside the Soviet Union for two decades, although he described himself as ...

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky unexpectedly passed away in Charlotte, North Carolina. The media figure's death was announced by his chess club, the Charlotte Chess Center, and they shared a ...

Tianjin (China), July 15 (IANS) Chess is too “hard” to be taken as a career, says leading Armenian Grand Master (GM) Vladimir Akopian. “I don’t want my boys to be professional chess players, because ...

Even though an estimated 600 million people in the world know how to play chess, the vast majority of people these days probably couldn’t name a current pro chess star. They might remember, or have ...

The withdrawal of reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen from the Sinquefield Cup pro tournament in St. Louis, Missouri this month sent shockwaves of suspicion and paranoia through the chess ...