World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen defeated challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2021 World Chess Championship, extending Carlsen’s eight-year reign. Postponed from late 2020 due to Covid-19, the ...

World number one Magnus Carlsen retained his title of chess world champion on Friday. He beat Ian Nepomniachtchi and, by chess standards, the tournament was packed with drama. Chess boomed in 2020 ...

The 2021 World Chess Championship ended last week with Magnus Carlen of Norway, the world No. 1, defending his title against challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. It was Carlsen’s fifth victory in ...

31-year-old Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen announced he will not be participating in the World Chess Championship 2023, which he has won five times. Now Carlsen is emphasizing passion over ...

Magnus Carlsen, who has been ranked the No. 1 chess player in the world since 2011, announced Wednesday he will not defend his world championship title. "The conclusion is very simple that I am not ...

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 ...

The rickety system that determines glory in global chess worked: 31-year-old Magnus Carlsen of Norway is still the world chess champion, as he’s been since 2013, after spending the past couple of ...