Strange things happen in Hamburg all the time. On the second weekend in January, at the Brahms-Kontor building — an Art Deco marvel in the city centre — Germany’s highest level of competitive team ...

BERLIN — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game. Billed as “Magnus Carlsen ...

World chess No. 1 Magnus Carlsen will continue with Bundesliga team St Pauli for the 2025-26 season. Carlsen joined the German team in May 2024. Nicknamed ‘the Mozart of Chess’, the former world ...

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players enjoy Magnus Carlsen's celebrity status. A grand master at 13, refusing to play an American dogged by allegations of cheating, and venturing into the world ...

The man who moves the pieces better than anybody else in the world is named Magnus Carlsen, and in this video, I’m breaking down his legendary playing style into three simple rules you can use to gain ...

This video features a classic chess battle between Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov, showcasing games played in 2004. Timeline: 0:00 Intro 0:50 GAME 1 6:22 GAME 2 15:21 FINAL GAME Head-to-head ...

The erstwhile chess world champion broke earnings records for the game Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...

Former world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is set to take on Magnus Carlsen in a charity chess match. Pacquiao, who announced his retirement from boxing this week after a legendary career, is an avid ...

Magnus Carlsen is widely regarded as one of, if not the, greatest chess players of all time. Carlsen was a child prodigy, though he didn't love chess at first. The Norway-born grandmaster told the ...