Maghsoodloo finished in second place by Buchholz tiebreaks, ahead of six other players also on seven points. Since Carlsen ...

Sergey Karyakin, a chess grandmaster born in Crimea — the Ukrainian peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 — has been a vocal supporter for years of Putin’s war. Lately, he has traded his chess ...

A Dutch grandmaster warns Magnus Carlsen about his dominance in freestyle chess, suggesting his rapid mastery could harm the ...

Bengaluru: Vincent Keymer twirled a captured white pawn between his fingers. The 20-year-old German knew it was over. Sitting ...

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Magnus Carlsen, the world number one, soared to a new landmark in chess history yesterday when the 34-year-old won all his ...

Magnus Carlsen’s nine-game winning streak at the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open 2025 is being compared to the great Bobby ...

Magnus Carlsen made history by winning the Grenke Freestyle Chess Open 2025 with a flawless score of 9/9, a remarkable ...

Grandmaster Awonder Liang switched from the Grenke Classic's Open event to its Freestyle chess segment, joining Magnus ...

Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal was declared the Breakthrough of the Year, becoming the sixth footballer to win that award.

Bulgarian chess prodigy Ivan Kukushkin has made a bold statement after securing his second victory in as many games against ...

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