Champions Showdown

SAINT LOUIS, Nov. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- In a historic showdown between Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, Carlsen clinched his ...

Magnus Carlsen came into the final classical game of the 2018 World Chess Championship determined to force tiebreaks against Fabiano Caruana on W...

China's Ju Wenjun has won the Women's World Championship title for the second time in six months after defeating Kateryna Lagno in tiebreaks in t...

Thanks to excellent preparation, Fabiano Caruana easily neutralized Magnus Carlsen's 5.Nc3 move in the Petroff today. The shortest game of the world ...

He's been very well-prepared and I haven't gotten much with White – those are the cold, hard facts,” reflected Magnus Carlsen after a draw in wh...

DeepMind's artificial intelligence system AlphaZero is used by Matthew Sadler to analyse the World Chess Championship games between Magnus Carlsen and ...

The tenth game of the 2018 World Championship match in London was a highly tense affair. Fabiano Caruana surprised his opponent in the opening, but in the ...

The Women's World Championship 2018 knockout in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia runs through November 23rd. The format is a 64-player knockout. Round 6, the ...

Magnus Carlsen will definitely not be celebrating the record that was set today at the world championship match in London. He let an opening advantage slip ...

"It kind of felt like I got away with murder," Magnus Carlsen said about game six. In game eight, he dodged a bullet. After another draw in their world ...

Magnus Carlsen had another tough outing in the eighth game of his world championship match against Fabiano Caruana in London on Monday evening. After a ...

Fabiano Caruana missed his best chance yet to take the lead in the match as he got the better of Magnus Carlsen in the opening to Game 8 but then ...

Two games ago, Magnus Carlsen had said he was looking forward to his double whites at the halfway mark of the match. Turns out, Carlsen neither struck nor ...

Just as in New York two years ago, Magnus Carlsen has now drawn the first 7 games of his title defence, with Fabiano Caruana looking more comfortable by the ...

There are few things harder in chess than defending a World Championship title in a big knockout, but current Chinese Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun ...

Game 6 of the world chess championship had promised to pose a tough challenge to Fabiano Caruana against Magnus Carlsen but he was up to the task and ...

Fabiano Caruana outplayed Magnus Carlsen from a seemingly dead position in Game 6 to come within a whisker of scoring the first full point of the...

Thirty four moves and just over three hours into the game, a draw was agreed between Magnus Carlsen and his world title challenger, Fabiano Caruana.

The first five games of the 2018 World Chess Championship match in London have now been drawn, after Magnus Carlsen turned out to be well-prepare...