Here’s Magnus Carlsen at last year’s Tata Steel, in a pose fit for this year’s Tata Steel. Photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos (Getty Images) A championship on the line. A move so cold and calculated it has to ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen have a long history of disagreements, but both ...

Magnus Carlsen, the chess grandmaster who has become the public face of the game, was forced into a draw after an intense game played over 6 1/2 weeks — and it only took some 143,000 opponents working ...

World No. 1 Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen will be the star attraction in the sixth edition of Tata Steel Chess India to be held in Kolkata from November 13 to 17. It will be Carlsen's second ...

Norway Chess announced ‘Total Chess World Championship Tour’, an ambitious new tournament that aims to crown the best player ...

There were two big winners in this year’s Tata Steel chess extravaganza in the Dutch city of Wijk aan Zee, one a name we know and one a name we may be hearing a lot more about in the years to come.

Magnus Carlsen recently became a father with the five-time world champion and his wife, Ella Victoria Carlsen, welcoming ...

Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen suddenly resigned after making just a single move Monday during his widely anticipated rematch against Hans Niemann, whom Carlsen hinted may have cheated ...

Nicole Clark (she/her) is a culture editor at Polygon, and a critic covering internet culture, video games, books, and TV, with work in the NY Times, Vice, and Catapult. World chess champion Magnus ...