Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current World No ...

LONDON (WKRC/CBS Newspath) - Magnus Carlsen, the renowned chess grandmaster, withdrew from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships on Friday after the International Chess Federation (FIDE) ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game ...

The competitor "threatened the lives" of contest attendees, one official said. LONDON -- A Russian chess player has been suspended from participating in all competitions after being accused of trying ...

Lembit Oll, Estonian chess grandmaster who was preparing to take part in qualifying competition for International Chess Federation's world championship match in Las Vegas, Nev, dies in plunge from ...

The General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) has voted to restore the use of national symbols for Russian and Belarusian players. Source: FIDE's press service Details: Two ...

WASHINGTON — Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old from London, has made history at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool, becoming the youngest female player ever to beat a chess grandmaster.

Young Jadon Simiyu, at just 13, made history as Kenya's youngest national chess champion, winning a new Nissan Note and a ...