As of April 2025, Magnus Carlsen remains the top-ranked player, followed by Hikaru Nakamura and rising Indian star Gukesh D. The chess world is seeing a shift, with young talents like Erigaisi ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, is bored of chess ... “The popularity of the game has never been as high as it is right now,” said David Mehler, the president and founder ...

Magnus Carlsen shattered records with his unprecedented 2882 Elo peak. Here are the players with highest ratings achieved in ...

How many top players actually cheat? Chess.com, the ubiquitous platform used by grandmasters and everyday pawn pushers, has now come up with an actual number. Based on statistical analysis of its ...

A top chess player was expelled from an event in Spain this week after being accused of cheating by using a phone during bathroom breaks between moves. The player, Kirill Shevchenko, had been ...

but no active player would now entice him to return. "At the moment, no (other player would convince me to give it a go)," he added. Five-time classical chess world champion Carlsen is hunting on ...

Magnus Carlsen feels he's still better than the young generation of chess players, but the Norwegian great is ruling out a comeback at the classical world championship.

and the 25-year-old has long been considered by Indian chess fans as an extremely talented player, who has been lacking the confidence until now. ‘Most talented after five-time world champion ...