CHESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

Chess is making its debut at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, with $1.5 million on the line. Ahead of the first pieces being moved around the board, 5-time world champion from Norway, ...

Magnus Carlsen doesn't just play differently; he thinks differently. His interviews reveal a man who prioritizes "the feel" ...

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, the world's No. 1-ranked player, suffered a major defeat on Sunday to current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. After Dommaraju made his final move, Carlsen, ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world No1, made a cameo appearance via video in last Monday’s third episode of BBC2’s Chess Masters: The Endgame, challenging contestants to memorise a position from a “special” ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... It was the bang heard around the chess world. With his clock running low and defeat at his doorstep, perhaps the greatest chess player of ...