World No. 1 and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen has named Americans Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana as favourites ...

Magnus Carlsen has been the biggest face of modern chess for more than a decade. In 2025, his money story gained more ...

Former world chess champion Magnus Carlsen rated Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa third among the favourites to win the ...

The world s top chess players have descended in Doha ahead of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships Qatar 2025, scheduled ...

Carlsen also pointed out the names of Germany’s Vincent Keymer and India’s Arjun Erigaisi as two big players who deserved to ...

Carlsen also explained that besides the two Americans, Nakamura and Caruana, and Pragg, he doesn't think anyone has a real chance of winning the Candidates.

Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen has remained on top of the FIDE ratings continuously since 2011, a year after rising ...

The upcoming edition will see the likes of five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, Americans Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and India’s R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi ...

Magnus Carlsen of Norway competes against Daniil Dubov of Russia on January 16, 2020 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Magnus Carlsen was 13 when he became a Grandmaster and ...

Magnus Carlsen won the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour by securing a spot in the semi-finals at the South Africa Finals.

Entering the 11th and final round, five players shared the lead on 8.5 points: Carlsen, Duda, Vachier-Lagrave, Zhamsaran Tsydypov, and Pranav Venkatesh. The tournament featured 422 participants, ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current World No ...