Chess is a game of strategy, skill, and deep thinking. The world’s best players compete at the highest level, constantly improving their tactics. As of April 2025, Magnus Carlsen remains the top ...

“We have all the microphones and the cameras and so on to look into the brains of the best chess players of the world.” Some professional chess players echoed Carlsen’s complaints about the ...

India’s teenage chess prodigy and reigning world champion D Gukesh is under fresh scrutiny, this time from Jon Ludvig Hammer, ...

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 ...

The documentary, directed by Benjamin Ree, features extensive archival footage and home movies of the Norwegian chess player from infancy to age 22, when he won the world championship. It's a rare ...

Last weekend, Magnus Carlsen successfully defended his title as World Chess ... to being the best U.S. player, he's regarded as being the greatest player of "bullet" chess who has ever lived ...

per Chess.com. This year’s final was the latest high-stakes match between the two Chinese players. Tan initially beat Ju in the quarterfinals on her way to winning the world title in 2017.

While Pragg, Gukesh and Vidit falter, he finds the latest format to his liking as it suits his daring approach ...