Magnus Carlsen leads 1-0 against Hikaru Nakamura after winning Game 1 of the finals. The second game is scheduled to begin at ...

Magnus Carlsen triumphed at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Paris, securing the title by defeating Hikaru Nakamura 1.5–0.5 ...

Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana head to Game 2 of their semi-final meeting in Paris with half-a-point to their name after ...

Arjun Erigaisi put up an impressive performance in his maiden appearance in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Paris, the ...

Magnus Carlsen holds Hikaru Nakamura to a draw in Game 2 to win the ‘El Chessico’ final in Paris by a 1.5-0.5 scoreline and ...

The Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam semifinals began with intense draws in the top matches as Carlsen and Caruana, Nakamura ...

Hikaru Nakamura commits a late blunder to allow Magnus Carlsen to win Game 1 of their blockbuster final after putting up a ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, added another triumph to his illustrious career today when he won the Paris leg of the $3.75mn Freestyle Grand Slam by defeating his old rival and world No 2, the US’s ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of ...

Results after Semifinal Day 1: Top Bracket: Fabiano Caruana 0.5-0.5 Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura 0.5-0.5 Vincent Keymer In the 5th-place bracket, Ian Nepomniachtchi capitalised on his spatial ...

Fabiano Caruana also leads in the third-place match, while other placement matches saw victories for Arjun Erigaisi and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

Team Liquid, one of the biggest esports teams, didn’t hold back and signed Norwegian world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and American No. 2 Fabiano Caruana. “For us, we’ve been big fans of chess ...