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 ...

Zhou Jianchao has recorded the longest unbeaten streak in Classical chess, but his achievement still pales in comparison to Magnus Carlsen’s feat from 2018 to 2020.

From Netflix shows such as “The Queen’s Gambit” to its rock and roll superstar Magnus Carlsen, the popularity of chess has never been stronger. As the game embraces the digital world, chess has only ...

As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess ...

The chess world is about to converge on an island off the coast of Singapore with the express goal of crowning a world champion. For the two grandmasters involved, it will be the culmination of months ...