Building on more than a decade of defining excellence at the highest level of the game, the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) returns in May 2026 with a star-studded roster of elite competitors, a $2 million ...

German No 1 Vincent Keymer has charted a meteoric rise since his runner-up finish at the 2022 World Rapid Championship and ...

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the title in ...

Carlsen’s participation at this year’s Norway Chess tournament has already been confirmed. There was also some surprise when ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...

This will be the third time Praggnanandhaa will compete at Norway Chess. In 2022, he won the Norway Chess Open event, rather ...

Magnus Carlsen will participate in Norway Chess 2026, ending speculation about his classical chess future. The prestigious tournament, which Carlsen has won seven times, is relocating from Stavanger ...

From Netflix shows such as “The Queen’s Gambit” to its rock and roll superstar Magnus Carlsen, the popularity of chess has never been stronger. As the game embraces the digital world, chess has only ...

New research using chess960 shows that changing the starting layout can rebalance chess and alter how difficult early ...