The withdrawal of reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen from the Sinquefield Cup pro tournament in St. Louis, Missouri this month sent shockwaves of suspicion and paranoia through the chess ...
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players enjoy Magnus Carlsen's celebrity status. A grand master at 13, refusing to play an American dogged by allegations of cheating, and venturing into the world ...
That game remains the longest in World Championship history, a brutal 7-hour and 45-minute saga that spanned 136 moves. Under ...
In September, chess world champion Magnus Carlsen accused a younger grandmaster, Hans Niemann, of cheating after losing a game to him in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. After weeks of speculation, a ...
Tianjin (China), July 15 (IANS) Chess is too “hard” to be taken as a career, says leading Armenian Grand Master (GM) Vladimir Akopian. “I don’t want my boys to be professional chess players, because ...
The North West chess scene is set for a major boost as renowned junior coach Adam Scoular expands his reach with the launch ...
To observe the Cairns Cup, an elite invitational women’s chess tournament that takes place in St. Louis, Missouri, I had to surrender my phone. A security guard checked my bag for “grenades” (his ...