Carlsen’s participation at this year’s Norway Chess tournament has already been confirmed. There was also some surprise when ...

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 ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...

NEW DELHI: Teen Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa believes the gradual shift of elite players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura away from classical chess is largely due to the mental and ...

This will be the third time Praggnanandhaa will compete at Norway Chess. In 2022, he won the Norway Chess Open event, rather ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen has reignited the chess world’s debate over tradition versus innovation, openly declaring his preference for freestyle chess over the classical format. The Norwegian ...

This shift marks one of the most significant structural changes to professional chess in decades.

New research using chess960 shows that changing the starting layout can rebalance chess and alter how difficult early ...