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Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand has weighed in on the electrifying clash between Magnus Carlsen and D Gukesh at the ...
Titled "Magnus vs. The World," this one-of-a-kind event will pit Carlsen against the collective decision-making of Chess.com ...
Magnus Carlsen hated homework and blossomed when he no longer had to go to school. Today, he plays chess according to a new ...
Hikaru Nakamura commits a late blunder to allow Magnus Carlsen to win Game 1 of their blockbuster final after putting up a solid fight for a majority of the game. Arjun Erigaisi, meanwhile, defeats ...
Magnus Carlsen held his ground to secure a draw against Hikaru Nakamura in the second leg of the final, ultimately clinching the championship of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Paris and the ...
Viswanathan Anand has called the upcoming clash at Norway Chess 2025 between D Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen a “perfect storm” ...
Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess tournament can lure new fans to the game, while engaging the hardcore ...
The high-profile matchup would add a new layer to their already intense rivalry, but in a format neither is universally dominant in.
Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are set to face off in the Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam final after winning their respective semifinal matches. Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana, while ...
The game is being hosted by Chess.com and is called Magnus Vs The World. The online Freestyle Chess (Chess960) match has become the largest online chess match ever held.
The move came four years after they sold the operation to five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. Adam and Daniel Weissbarth outlasted one of the best chess players in the world.
The final opponent Carlsen defeated was Vincent Keymer, one of the world’s strongest players and among the top 20 in ratings.