Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen abruptly withdrew from a game against American Hans Niemann, reigniting an ongoing cheating controversy in the sport. After playing just one move in a ...

Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen resigned on-stream during his opponent’s second move in apparent protest of the ongoing chess cheating scandal. Reading time 4 minutes The 31-year-old Norwegian chess ...

Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Gukesh D of India had contrasting fortunes in Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025. While the Norwegian remained unbeaten throughout the round-robin stage and topped the ...

The fiery cheating scandal consuming the chess world for the past month appears to be coming to a close and it looks like 19-year-old grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann has found himself in checkmate. A ...