First Sports With Rupha Ramani The chess world has been hit by a massive "Jeangate" controversy. Magnus Carlsen has added fuel to an already burning issue. The world number 1 returned to the World ...

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 ...

During the World Rapid Chess Championship a few days earlier Carlsen had withdrawn from the Rapid and upcoming Blitz Tournaments.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 ...

In the World Blitz Chess Championship 2024, Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the title after their final match ...

The newly-crowned World Rapid Champion, Koneru Humpy, maintains India’s lead in the women’s rankings at 6th place with a ...

Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen rubbished allegations of match-fixing after a backstage video from the World Blitz Championship ...

Chess players weren’t happy when Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi decided to end the FIDE championship in a tie.

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi’s decision to share the World Blitz Championship title for the first time in history ...