Carlsen defeated Hans Niemann in the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship before making a "what's the fuss" gesture at the ...

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It’s been quite a journey for Magnus Carlsen, the world’s number-one chess player as of January 2025. First, he sparked controversy by wearing jeans to a tournament, which led to a heated dress code ...

The World Blitz Championship Tournament concluded last week in New York shortly before the ball fell in Times Square. After a ...

The fresh wave of attack by Hans Niemann marks a significant escalation in the ongoing controversies surrounding Magnus ...

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

It is indeed a new year and a chance for a fresh start, but it’s also nice to see that some familiar traditions in chess ...

Magnus Carlsen, the World No. 1 chess player, has married his girlfriend, Ella Victoria Malone, the wedding was conducted in ...

During the World Rapid Chess Championship a few days earlier Carlsen had withdrawn from the Rapid and upcoming Blitz Tournaments. It was ostensibly about the tournament rules not allowing jeans ...

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

For once, everyone in the chess world appeared to agree with the controversial American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann. “The ...

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