After Magnus Carlsen’s table-slam went viral following a loss to D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa called it an instinctive reaction ...

BERLIN (AP) — Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is playing a single game of chess against 140,000 people worldwide in a mega-match that could overturn expectations by ending in a draw in the ...

Magnus Carlsen, the chess grandmaster who has become the public face of the game, was forced into a draw after an intense game played over 6 1/2 weeks — and it only took some 143,000 opponents ...

The contest was dubbed "Magnus Carlsen vs. The World," and began April 4. It was a freestyle game of chess, meaning every piece except pawns are randomly positioned on the board.

Magnus Carlsen, 34, is one of the greatest sportsmen of our times, a beacon of chess. Never in the 1,500-year history of this game was a grandmaster as famous as the Norwegian.

See Carlsen's reaction. Magnus Carlsen, the No. 1-ranked chess player in the world, suffered a defeat to current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX ...