8/18/2022 – Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen are sharing the lead with perfect scores at the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami. In Wednesday’s third round, Pragg defeated Hans Niemann while Carlsen got the better of Levon Aronian. Le Quang Liem and Alireza Firouzja were the remaining winners of the day, with the latter climbing to shared third place after beating Anish Giri in Armageddon.

8/17/2022 – Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu are the only players who have collected three points in each of the first two rounds at the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami. With 6 out of 6 points, they have a 1-point lead over Levon Aronian in third place. In Tuesday’s second round, Carlsen lost the first game against Hans Niemann, but managed to recover magnificently, winning three games in a row to get match victory.

8/16/2022 – The FTX Crypto Cup, the second Major of this year’s Meltwater Champions Tour, kicked off at the Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel in Florida. Magnus Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Levon Aronian all started strong, beating their respective opponents ‘in regulation’ — i.e. within the first four rapid games of each match. Notably, Pragg defeated Alireza Firouzja in the duel between rising stars.

7/31/2022 – Most games favoured the favourites in round 2 of the Chess Olympiad, with a few exceptions. In the open section, Zambia and Bulgaria upset Denmark and Croatia respectively, while among the women, Ecuador got the better of Slovenia. World champion Magnus Carlsen made his debut, and outplayed Georg Meier in a balanced endgame to help Norway get a 4-0 win over Uruguay. | Pictured: Mohamed Emli Ramla (Dijibouti) | Photo: Mark Livshitz

7/25/2022 – On the final day of action at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Tournament in Zagreb, world champion Magnus Carlsen never relinquished his lead. It did not matter that the World Champion lost his game against Alireza Firouzja shortly before the end of the tournament. Firouzja and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave shared second and third place. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/21/2022 – Ending months of speculation, Magnus Carlsen has officially announced he will not be defending his title in a rematch against Ian Nepomniachtchi come the end of 2022. As a result, the second-place winner of the 2022 Candidates Tournament, Ding Liren, will face the Russian to determine the new World Champion. (Photo: Albert Silver)

6/11/2022 – Magnus Carlsen won the Norway Chess Tournament for a fourth time in a row after beating Veselin Topalov in Armageddon on Friday. The world champion would not have grabbed the title had Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Teimour Radjabov in their classical game. Radjabov held the draw despite having almost no time on the clock, allowing Carlsen to once again win his home event. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

6/7/2022 – With an impressive win in the classical game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen grabbed the sole lead at the Norway Chess Tournament. After six rounds, Carlsen has collected 12½ points, one more than second-placed Vishy Anand, who on Monday won with black in Armageddon against Anish Giri. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

6/3/2022 – Vishy Anand is still the sole leader at the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger. The Indian beat Wang Hao in Armageddon, while his closest chaser, Wesley So, also won in the sudden-death decider against Anish Giri. Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won their classical encounters to grab three points in Thursday’s round. | Photos: Norway Chess

6/2/2022 – Viswananathan Anand is the man of the hour. He got his second three-point win at the Norway Chess tournament on Wednesday, as he beat Veselin Topalov and now leads the standings table with 6 points. Wesley So won in Armageddon after drawing his classical encounter against Magnus Carlsen. | Photos: Norway Chess

6/1/2022 – The claim to be the best ever in chess, in any category, is usually backed up by either hard numbers (Karpov's number of grandmaster tournament wins is not open to debate), or strong opinions such as the best absolute player. But the debate on the greatest prodigy seems to lie somewhere in between, depending on your criteria. Read this article and see if you agree. (photo: Capablanca at age four)

4/28/2022 – In the long-distance duel between Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa in the Oslo Esports Cup, round 6 went well for the World Champion: He won his match against Eric Hansen, while Praggnanandhaa lost against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Before the seventh and last round Praggnanandhaa and Carlsen share the lead with with 12/18 each, but Duda also has theoretical chances to win the tournament. | Photos and pictures: Play Magnus Group

4/27/2022 – A consolation for all chess fans: even the best sometimes blunder. In Round 5 of the Oslo Esport Cup, World Champion Magnus Carlsen blundered a whole rook against Jorden van Foreest, which cost him the game, the match, and the lead in the tournament. With two rounds to go, Praggnanandhaa, who won his match against Eric Hansen 2.5-0.5, is now again sole first with 12/15 and three points ahead of Carlsen who follows with 9.0/15. | Photos and pictures: Play Magnus Group

4/26/2022 – The 16-year-old Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa started the Oslo Esports Cup with a series of three won matches. But in his duel against Magnus Carlsen in round four he did not find his rhythm, and Carlsen outplayed his young opponent in all three games to win the match 3-0. After four rounds Carlsen and Pragg now both have 9.0/12 and share the lead in the tournament. | Photos and pictures: Play Magnus Group

4/22/2022 – This Saturday, 23 April 2022, from 13.00 CEST (7.00 ET, 11.00 UTC) to 16.00 CEST will see a solidarity match between teams from Norway and Ukraine. Magnus Carlsen leads the Norwegian team that meets in the Good Knight Pub in the centre of Oslo. Former world number two Vasyl Ivanchuk leads the Ukrainian side. The match will be streamed in English from the Good Knight pub on the channel of the Offerspill chess club on Twitch.

4/19/2022 – In a new interview published by the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, Magnus Carlsen again talks about why he is seriously considering not playing another match for the World Championship title. “I will make that decision later. But if there are some who expect and hope that I will say yes to playing, then I have to prepare them for a disappointment”, said the long-time world number one. | Photo: Anna Shtourman / FIDE

3/30/2022 – India’s own elite online chess tour starts on March 31 with a star-studded line-up of 16 top talents from every corner of the country.

3/27/2022 – After getting a clear victory on Friday and kicking off Saturday’s second set with a win, Magnus Carlsen seemed to be headed to a swift triumph in the final of the Charity Cup. However, Jan-Krzysztof Duda did not just give up, as he incredibly scored back-to-back wins to take the match to tiebreakers. In the blitz encounters, Carlsen regained his composure and won both games to claim his second consecutive title in the Champions Chess Tour.

3/26/2022 – With a 2½-½ victory over Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Magnus Carlsen grabbed the lead in the finals of the Charity Cup. The world champion won games 2 and 3 to go into the second set of the match only needing a draw to secure tournament victory. All three encounters on Friday were hard-fought strategic battles, with Carlsen describing them as “exceptionally interesting”. | Photo: Alina l’Ami (2017)

3/25/2022 – Magnus Carlsen and Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Ding Liren and Le Quang Liem respectively to reach the final of the Charity Cup. Much like in the quarterfinals, no tiebreaks were seen in the semifinals. Carlsen and Duda will face off in a 2-set match starting Friday, with each set a 4-game rapid confrontation. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (Archive)

3/15/2022 – The $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour will dedicate its next stage to fundraising for the victims of the war in Ukraine, it was announced today. The Charity Cup, starting March 19, will be the second leg of the world’s most prestigious elite online chess event.

2/27/2022 – The most exciting and talked-about game of the 2021 World Championship was game 6. Statistically, the sixth game of a World Championship match has yielded more decisive results than any other game. This one proved to be no exception, as records kept tumbling. The game had various layers of action and consequences. GM Sundararajan Kidambi explains the game arising out of a Catalan opening. | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

2/26/2022 – Magnus Carlsen won the first event of the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour as he beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in the finals of the Airthings Masters. After drawing the first set on Friday, the world champion won the second 4-game mini-match by a 2½-½ score. Nepo did not go down easy, though it was Carlsen who performed at a higher level at the critical points in games 2 and 3.

2/26/2022 – While the quarterfinals and the semifinals of the Airthings Masters lasted a single day, the finals consist of two ‘sets’. The first one, played on Friday, saw Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi signing four straight draws. But the lack of decisive results does not mean there was a lack of excitement. To the contrary, the games were hard-fought and enthralling. | Photo: Niki Riga