Chess is making its debut at the 2025 Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, with $1.5 million on the line. Ahead of the first pieces being moved around the board, 5-time world champion from Norway, ...

Magnus Carlsen also spoke about his early impressions of Niemann and said that he’s a good player who happens to be American ...

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 Grenke Chess Festival at Karlsruhe, Germany, is fast becoming famous for the slow-mo, cinema-style edits emerging from ...

From a niche subculture of internet cafés and LAN parties to a global billion-dollar industry, esports - short for electronic sports - has become one of the most thrilling, fastest-growing spectacles ...

Norway's Magnus Carlsen, the world's number one chess player, on Tuesday won the World Blitz Championship in Doha, days after victory in the slightly longer 'rapid' format, to secure his 20th world ...

CNN World Sport’s Don Riddell speaks with Niemann about the new Netflix documentary “Chess Mates” which tells the story of ...