Magnus Wins Airthings Masters
Today Magnus Carlsen won the finals of the Airthings Masters tournament in convincing style. The Airthings Masters is the first leg of the 2022 Champions Chess Tour. Each leg of the Tour features sixteen...
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Magnus For The Win!
Today the World Chess Championship reached its expected conclusion after only eleven of fourteen scheduled games, with Magnus Carlsen winning again with the black pieces. The final score in the tournament was 7.5 points...
The Long Road To Victory!
Today the World Chess Championship continued in Dubai after a rest day. Defending champion Magnus Carlsen squared off against Ian Nepomniachtchi again with the white pieces in game six. The previous five games had...
A Drawn Out Birthday for Magnus Carlsen
Today Magnus Carlsen turns thirty-one. The Norwegian GM is currently in Dubai battling Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi for the 2021 World Championship title, which Carlsen has held since his first victory in 2013. The 2021...
Magnus Carlsen Wins Champions Chess Tour!
The Finals of the Champions Chess Tour ended just yesterday, but Magnus Carlsen’s dominant performance meant that he was the mathematical winner several days before the Finals ended. Wesley So’s crushing round-seven loss to...
Magnus Carlsen Wins Norway Chess!
Founded in 2012, Norway Chess bills itself as the strongest chess tournament in the world, or as Garry Kasparov once said: “the Wimbledon of chess.” This year’s edition of the tournament ran for ten...
Magnus Carlsen Retires!
In a stunning turn of events, Magnus Carlsen announced his retirement from chess after a loss to the unknown amateur Max Deutsch. The two had played an exhibition game in Hamburg in 2017, which...
