While Magnus Carlsen has just clinched his 21st crown, the Italian-American, the second-best player of his generation, has ...

Magnus Carlsen doesn't just play differently; he thinks differently. His interviews reveal a man who prioritizes "the feel" over the "the math." ...

To capture the zeitgeist of that era, there are clips of male players like Bobby Fischer dismissing the abilities of female players. “Women are terrible chess players,” Fischer smirks in a clip.

Here's a statistical challenge worthy of a grandmaster: How do you create an accurate ranking system when the best players usually don't win? This is the conundrum of elite chess. The stronger the ...

Could a machine outthink the best human mind in the world? Thirty years ago that was still an open question, but a historic matchup between a chess grandmaster and an IBM supercomputer answered it. On ...

To understand this quote by Magnus Carlsen, you must grasp a champion’s mindset. In chess, respect often means admiring an opponent’s brilliant sacrifice.

The state championships in New Jersey high school boys basketball are now within sight. But before we can start thinking about which teams will walk off the floor at Rutgers carrying some new hardware ...

Only Magnus Carlsen is ranked above Hikaru Nakamura Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images Hikaru Nakamura did not wait around. After nearly five hours of moving chess pieces rapidly, he ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you loved The Queen’s Gambit, then you are definitely going to want to watch The Queen of Chess on Netflix, a new documentary that began streaming today that profiles ...

If you can believe that what your partner truly wants is love, but they don't possess the sharpest tools for procuring it, ...

The world’s number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, won his fifth Speed Chess Championship (SCC) Finals. Carlsen, 35, banked $25,000 plus an additional split based on winning percentage by beating ...