Carlsen is a friend of Jan Henric Buettner, a Hamburg-born entrepreneur whose Weissenhaus Chess Academy sponsors the St.Pauli ...

The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.

In the decisive Game 14 round of the FIDE World Chess ... After his win in Singapore, chess great Magnus Carlsen had said that classical chess was perhaps the "worst way" to measure a player ...

Breaking his silence on the match-fixing controversy for the first-time, FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich defended Magnus ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...

Chess star Magnus Carlsen has had an incredibly successful ... World Rapid Championship due to a disagreement with FIDE. After playing eight of the 13 rounds, he dropped out of the tournament ...

The player’s shock withdrawal prompted the International Chess Federation to relax a dress code that penalized him for ...

The Rapid competition was shrouded by Magnus Carlsen’s jeans scandal. Then it just didn’t stop there as it seeped into the ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused ... “I think the match itself showed two players playing high level chess, equally matched and both deserving of a win.” ...