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

The FT recently interviewed Carlsen about his role in Freestyle Chess , where the positions of the back rank pieces are ...

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

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

Star footballer Mo Salah has labelled the chess world No.1 Magnus Carlsen as the ‘best endgame player ever’. The Liverpool ...

D Gukesh, fresh off his World Chess Championship win, is preparing for a challenging 2025, with upcoming matches against ...

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

First Sports With Rupha Ramani The FIDE V Carlsen battle has taken an ugly route. Carlsen's trainer and Viswanathan Anand's former coach Peter Heine Nielsen, has attacked FIDE and Russia. The Danish ...

In a span of six days, a pair of jeans and an unprecedented shared world title laid bare the already simmering rift between ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s No1 chess player, has triggered a major backlash after cutting short a final to share a 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.