But no other woman has been able to break into the chess elite. Koneru is 23, and Yifan is only 16, so it seems likely that at least one of them will break into the top 100. For now, however ...

In 2017 and 2018, he had an unbeaten streak in classical chess that lasted a hundred matches; at the time, it was the longest run in the history of top-level chess. (Carlsen later topped it.) ...

The legacy of Magnus Carlsen, today crowned the undisputed king of the chess world, is just now beginning to take shape. Carlsen continues to shatter not only perceptions of chess players, but ...

When Magnus Carlsen became the world chess champion a few days ago, I don’t think anyone in the chess world lost money. All bets were on the almost-twenty-three-year-old Norwegian’s beating ...