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

The player’s shock withdrawal prompted the International Chess Federation to relax a dress code that penalized him for ...

The chess world is never short on scandals, and the latest one is incredibly on brand. Top-ranked former world champion ...

The world’s No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after ...

Chess champion Magnus Carlsen pulled off a sartorial checkmate after returning to a recent tournament despite wearing jeans, ...

Facing a public relations checkmate, the International Chess Federation surrendered and allowed world champ Magnus Carlsen to ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess ...

Carlsen quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday, where he was defending his title, when he ...

Magnus Carlsen returned to compete in the Blitz World Championship this week after he withdrew from the Rapid tournament on ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body ...

The reason the world’s top-ranked chess player initially quit? He was penalized for wearing jeans. In perhaps the most costly opening move of Carlsen’s career, the Norwegian grand master ...

Magnus Carlsen has sensationally returned to a New York chess tournament after the governing body backed down in a row over ...