NEW YORK (AP) — Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to the competition, the International Chess Federation said. The federation said in a Friday statement that its regulations include a...
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players enjoy Magnus Carlsen’s celebrity status. A grand master at 13, refusing to play an American dogged by allegations of cheating, and venturing into the world of online chess gaming all made Norway’s Carlsen a household name. Chess icon Magnus Carlsen...
Grandmaster Wesley So fell short in his bid to capture the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals trophy after yielding to world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the second set of their finals series in Toronto, Canada recently. Wesley So yields to Magnus Carlsen in the Champions Chess Tour Finals. (chess.com) So...
Grandmaster Wesley So stumbled in his first set assignment against former world champion and world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in their title series in the Champions Chess Tour Finals on Friday, Dec. 15, in Toronto, Canada. Wesley So needs to win the second set to keep his title bid alive in the Champions...
CHENNAI (AFP) -- India's teen chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa arrived home to celebration on Wednesday, Aug. 30, with media jostling to catch a glimpse of the newly minted star who faced international No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the World Cup finals. India's Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (right)...
In this file photo taken on June 26, 2018 Indian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, poses for a photograph on his arrival at an airport in Chennai after becoming the world's second youngest chess grandmaster ever. (AFP) Indian teenage chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won praise...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So succumbed to tournament champion Magnus Carlsen, 2.5-0.5, in the ninth and final round to settle for fourth place in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Monday (Tuesday in Manila). So forged a draw in their second game to keep things alive after losing...
Grandmaster Wesley So survived Polish foe Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the tiebreaker, 1.5-0.5, but slipped to third place after the eighth and penultimate round of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Sunday (Monday in Manila). With Magnus Carlsen already assured of the title, the race for the...
Wesley So absorbed a second straight defeat and watched Magnus Carlsen virtually clinch the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Final crown Saturday despite two rounds left in the online tournament. So bowed to Armenia’s Levon Aronian, 2.5-1.5, to keep him in second with 21.5 points while...
Photo from Magnus Carlsen Celebrity Charity Challenge Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao held his own against a 10-year-old chess app version of world classical champion Magnus Carlsen in a one-game charity chess showdown Friday dubbed as Magnus Carlsen Celebrity Charity Challenge. Pacquiao, an avid...
Photo from tournament website Wesley So’s attempt at catching up with Magnus Carlsen on top of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Final took a blow Friday after yielding to Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov in Round 6. So lost in the regulation, 3-1, and watched Carlsen tighten his grip on...
Grandmaster Wesley So kept his grip on the second spot while Magnus Carlsen bounced back to remain at the helm after five rounds in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Wednesday. So prevailed over Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the tiebreak, 1.5-0.5, after a 2-2 draw in the regulation...
