Magnus Carlsen opened up about his complicated relationship with FIDE at the 2025 World Rapid & Blitz Championships in Doha.

On the eve of the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships, top-ranked Magnus Carlsen and world classical chess champion ...

When Carlsen was asked if there would be more controversy at this year's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz, like last year's jeansgate, he said "There always are incidents at the World Rapid and Blitz. I ...

Magnus Carlsen has been the biggest face of modern chess for more than a decade. In 2025, his money story gained more ...

Fit check mate. Chess titan Magnus Carlsen quit a pair of tournaments in New York Friday after the sport’s governing body ...

Magnus Carlsen has returned for the 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships in Doha, held from December 26 to 30 with a ...

The chess cheating scandal brewing since September just reignited. Hans Niemann, the 19-year-old chess grandmaster, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, and others, for $100 million in damages. The ...

Carlsen also explained that besides the two Americans, Nakamura and Caruana, and Pragg, he doesn't think anyone has a real chance of winning the Candidates.

Magnus Carlsen and D. Gukesh discuss generational shifts and the impact of artificial intelligence in chess ahead of the FIDE ...

The defamation lawsuit claims that Chess.com, a popular online platform where players compete in tournaments, colluded with Carlsen and Play Magnus to ban Niemann from the website and future events to ...

Nicole Clark (she/her) is a culture editor at Polygon, and a critic covering internet culture, video games, books, and TV, with work in the NY Times, Vice, and Catapult. The chess cheating scandal ...