Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. Tuesday’s final in New York was ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s No1 chess player, has triggered a major backlash after cutting short a final to share a world championship title with his rival. The 34-year-old Norwegian grandmaster ...

This is Carlsen's eighth Blitz title (and 18th major chess tournament triumph) while this is Nepomniachtchi first. This meant that serial runner up Nepomniachtchi (three times in Rapid ...

The world's top-ranked chess player has returned to the World Blitz Championship after its governing body agreed to loosen its dress code. Magnus Carlsen withdrew from a tournament in New York ...

What are the best auto battlers? The auto chess and auto battler genre may have been a flash in the pan, but it’s been a fascinating one to watch. It all started with Dota Auto Chess ...

The rules then called for an indefinite series of sudden death games, the chess equivalent of a penalty shootout, but after only three of these, all featuring conservative strategy by both sides ...

The world’s No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially withdrawing as he refused to change out of a pair of jeans.

D Gukesh, at 18, becomes the youngest-ever World Chess Champion, defeating Ding Liren in Singapore. Gukesh's victory marks India's second world champion after Viswanathan Anand. Ding's critical ...

Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh, at just 18, etched his name in history by becoming the first teenage world chess champion. His victory over reigning champion Ding Liren in a nail-biting final game ...