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Gukesh, Carlsen go from title race to last-place battle at Norway Chess 2026
June 05, 2026 11:34 pm
It has been a bruising tournament for both Gukesh and Carlsen, with the former winning just one of his nine classical games while the Norwegian has won two.
Praggnanandhaa after beating Carlsen twice in a week: ‘Magnus still the best’
June 03, 2026 10:19 pm
In the span of a week, Praggnanandhaa has defeated Magnus Carlsen twice in classical chess. The Indian says that he’s never felt intimidated by the world no 1, his coach Vaibhav Suri says: "The result shows that Magnus is great, but maybe he is not invincible.”
Magnus Carlsen pulls out ‘proper old guy move’ in win over Alireza Firouzja
June 01, 2026 7:04 am
Carlsen’s win came on a day both the young Indian challengers — world champion D Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa — had suffered defeats. Thanks to Sunday’s results, Carlsen shot past the Indian duo into fourth place.
‘You come at king…’: Magnus Carlsen gets revenge over Gukesh after year-long wait
May 29, 2026 8:13 am
Seats at the Deichman Bjørvika, the stunning public library in Oslo that acts as the playing hall for the 2026 edition of Norway Chess, started to fill up half an hour before the first moves would be made.
‘I don’t think it’s such a big win’: Praggnanandhaa after beating Magnus Carlsen
May 28, 2026 7:40 pm
Praggnanandhaa's third round victory over Carlsen on Wednesday came two years after he had beaten the world no 1 at the same tournament in what was his first classical victory over the Norwegian.
‘Like a cow ashamed of its body’: Magnus Carlsen invents phrase to critique himself
May 27, 2026 7:55 am
A few moves later, Carlsen was a pawn up and could have delivered a checkmate. Instead, he opted to exchange queens
How Jorden van Foreest took down Magnus Carlsen in classical chess
May 06, 2026 10:27 am
Dutch GM grinds hard to beat Norwegian World No 1 in the 86th move at the TePe Sigeman Chess tournament
Garry Kasparov: Praggnanandhaa looks like bleak shadow of himself; Would love to see Sindarov vs Magnus Carlsen World Championship match
April 12, 2026 12:11 am
When Kasparov was asked about the prospect of a Gukesh vs Sindarov World Championship match, he said: “You know my views about World Championship matches since Magnus (Carlsen) is not playing. So, I would love to see a Sindarov versus Carlsen match."
Netflix's 'Untold: Chess Mates' documentary into Carlsen-Niemann scandal opens old can of worms but says nothing new
April 09, 2026 9:56 am
A new Netflix documentary on the 2022 cheating scandal points to how in the Carlsen vs Niemann case, Chess.com was the chief character witness against the accused, the partial executioner, the lead investigator, and even the jury that eventually absolved Niemann
Why Magnus Carlsen cannot promote his own app Take Take Take as it enters ‘play and learn’ sectors
April 08, 2026 8:10 am
Magnus Carlsen's Take Take Take app joined forces with Lichess to expand its chess offerings to give app users “play and learn” functionality besides the previous option to follow games live.
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