The London System and King’s Indian Defense are two popular chess openings that cater to very different playing styles. The London offers a solid, low-theory setup that works against almost anything, ...

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PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) - Hans Niemann declares he will become a “stone cold killer” and the world’s best player in a Netflix documentary released on ‌Tuesday about his feud with five-times classical ...

Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen has found himself in a complicated situation after his startup Take Take Take made a bold move to get into the territory of one of the biggest chess platforms, ...

“Untold,” a sports documentary series, recounts a notorious match between two grandmasters and the cheating accusations that rocked the chess world and beyond. By Dylan Loeb McClain Dylan Loeb McClain ...

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2025, playing each other again three years after the scandal involving the pair Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ...

For more than a decade, the Sinquefield Cup has been a key stop on the Grand Chess Tour, bringing together some of the world’s top players in a competition that helps define the highest level of the ...

American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was sitting at a chess board in Cyprus last week feeling absolutely stumped. The world’s No. 2 rated player, famous for his talents in speed chess, spent 67 ...

HANS NIEMANN CRINKLES his nose, leans forward and, without regard to polite society enjoying brunch on this spring Sunday morning in New York, launches into Joe Rogan and anal beads. "What type of..." ...

Ten minutes past one in the afternoon—and Magnus Carlsen’s world was crashing down around him. This can’t be happening. Magnus ran a hand through his disheveled mane of auburn hair, a chaotic halo ...

It was the anal bead theory that caused a global sensation. Now, a new Netflix film tells the tale of two grandmasters, one scandal – and a whole lot of bad blood Chess Mates (Netflix, Tuesday) has an ...