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Carlsen and Karjakin, Photo Cathy Rogers On Friday November 11 in New York, Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin will commence battle for the world title. Defending Champion Carlsen, 25 is the overwhelming favourite to beat Karjakin, 26 – one betting...

Russian Sergey Karjakin to challenge Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen in match starting in November After months of delay and much scepticism in some quarters that it would ever happen, the company that holds the marketing rights to the world...

NEW YORK: Organisers of the World Chess Championship sued on Monday (Nov 7) to block a trio of website operators from distributing footage of the Nov 11-30 match in New York, which is expected to draw millions of online viewers. The lawsuit, filed by...

MEET THE “MOZART OF CHESS”: WORLD CHESS CHAMPION MAGNUS CARLSEN, IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER THIEL SPEAKERS: Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion Interviewer: Peter Thiel, Technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist; President...

By ANDREW HIGGINS March 30, 2016 MOSCOW — In the chandeliered ballroom of Pashkov House, an 18th-century mansion on a hill overlooking the Kremlin, a chess grandmaster dressed in a jacket that seemed several sizes too big declined offerings of canapés...