It may seem a polite game of quiet wit, but chess grandmasters are really out for blood. The number-one chess player in the world, Norway's Magnus Carlsen, tells Bob Simon that he especially enjoys ...

A chess player took a selfie with the world number one ahead of their game, only to have her phone confiscated moments later after her opponent reported her for breaking the rules. Ahead of the match, ...

Magnus Carlsen, Norway’s and the world’s number one chess player, captured the lucrative 2025 Clutch Chess Rapid and Blitz game extravaganza with two games to spare last week in St Louis, Missouri.

A chess grandmaster who is playing a single game against 140,000 people thinks the match is heading for a draw. The mega-match features undisputed world number one Norwegian Magnus Carlsen playing ...