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

Magnus Carlsen was involved in a controversy at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York. The chess ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the World Blitz Championship title after three tie-breaking matches, causing ...

American Grandmaster Hans Niemann also attacked Magnus Carlsen for “breaking rules on camera” after the world No 1 ...

First Sports With Rupha Ramani The chess world has been hit by a massive "Jeangate" controversy. Magnus Carlsen has added fuel to an already burning issue. The world number 1 returned to the World ...

Magnus Carlsen is a multi-time chess world champion and one of the sport's most recognisable figures, but his career has not been without controversy.

Carlsen, 34 now, became the world’s top chess player at age 13 and has retained the Grandmaster title five times since then.

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agreed to share the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship title in a first-ever move ...

Chess champion Magnus Carlsen has responded to accusations that he secretly agreed to a draw before the World Blitz Chess ...

In a historic first, Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi were jointly crowned the World Blitz Chess Champions ...

Carlsen’s long-time trainer Peter Heine Nielsen, who also coached Viswanathan Anand in the past, took to X to defend the Norwegian and hit back at the Israeli Grandmaster’s accusations.

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi's decision to share the World Blitz Championship title has sparked criticism within the ...