First Sports With Rupha Ramani The chess world has been hit by a massive "Jeangate" controversy. Magnus Carlsen has added fuel to an already burning issue. The world number 1 returned to the World ...

In a span of six days, a pair of jeans and an unprecedented shared world title laid bare the already simmering rift between ...

The chess world has been embroiled in controversy recently, starting with a series of incidents during the FIDE World Rapid ...

In a historic first, Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi were jointly crowned the World Blitz Chess Champions ...

The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.

Carlsen’s long-time trainer Peter Heine Nielsen, who also coached Viswanathan Anand in the past, took to X to defend the Norwegian and hit back at the Israeli Grandmaster’s accusations.

Chess Grand Master Magnus Carlsen has tied the knot with Ella Victoria Malone in an elegant ceremony in Norway.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed astonishment at the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) strict dress ...

Magnus Carlsen is a multi-time chess world champion and one of the sport's most recognisable figures, but his career has not been without controversy.

For once, everyone in the chess world appeared to agree with the controversial American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann. “The ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...