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 vs. The ...

The world’s top-ranked chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has drawn an unprecedented game where he played against more than ...

People don't think that when they think ... of his competition for being a one trick pony, just playing hyper aggressive sacrificing chess, not regarded as someone who could be one of the world's ...

On a side street, in a cafe above an office, more than 70 young people are playing chess, to a thumping DJ soundtrack. Some have arrived alone, others with friends or partners. Most, but not all ...

CHESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for ...