Chinese chess cheating scandal: Top grandmasters banned, triggered by life-time ban of ‘China’s Magnus Carlsen’
The public got to know about the cheating scandal in September when the CXA issued its life-time bans on Wang Yuefei and Wang ...
Why superstar Magnus Carlsen is playing chess for St. Pauli
Carlsen is a friend of Jan Henric Buettner, a Hamburg-born entrepreneur whose Weissenhaus Chess Academy sponsors the St.Pauli ...
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What Magnus Carlsen’s Jeans Have to Do with Chess
The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.
Ian Nepomniachtchi breaks silence after Magnus Carlsen chess match-fixing scandal: ‘I solved problems myself…’
The Blitz final began with two wins for Carlsen, who then needed only a draw to secure the title. Ian staged a comeback in ...
World No 1 Magnus Carlsen makes winning return to chess a little over a week after marriage
Carlsen had married Ella Victoria Malone at a ceremony in Oslo on 4 January. The honeymoon, however, barely lasted a week and ...
Arjun Erigaisi defeats Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana in online chess event
Arjun Erigaisi clinched the early Titled Tuesday weekly blitz chess competition after he defeated the likes of World No 1 ...
Viswanathan Anand shuts down Magnus Carlsen for criticising Gukesh’s World Chess Championship win
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and former world champion Vladimir Kramnik labelled Ding Liren’s mistake as a child-like blunder.
Arjun Erigaisi keeps alive Indian Bull run in Chess by beating Magnus Carlsen
Indians continue to make waves in world chess. After a fabulous 2024 for players from the country, Arjun Erigaisi began the ...
Magnus Carlsen’s match-fixing video downplayed by FIDE president in blunt remark: ‘As for sharing the Blitz title…’
Breaking his silence on the match-fixing controversy for the first-time, FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich defended Magnus ...