The Latest Breaking News from Magnus Carlsen

At the end of the first day early on Thursday, Anand leads with five points.

Six teams, six boards, 36 players and 31 matches with rapid time control (15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move) were what the inaugural season of the Global Chess League (GCL) offered in an effort to catch the imagination of the chess world and give a facelift to the…

A comparison of Gukesh’s FIDE ratings over time shows that his rise to the elite is reminiscent of journeys undertaken by world number one Magnus Carlsen

The 13-year-old from Minneapolis has earned a place among the three youngest female international masters in chess history

Entry is free, the prize fund is expected to be £2,500 and the winner qualifies for the 2024 world solving championship

The streamer with more than a million followers caught the US champion, who had led all the way

The US champion beat the Norwegian for the first time in eight years, then scored in his next two games to lead the 10-player event

Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen feels it is only a matter of time before India becomes a leading chess nation, saying the country is “doing a lot of right things”.

The world No 1 chose 1 d4 b5 as Black against Radoslaw Wojtaszek and was in trouble by move nine before resigning at move 38, but later won seven games in a row to take first prize in Warsaw