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Norway delivers best Chess Olympics ever

Norway's fifth place overall gave the country's men's national chess team its best performance in an international Chess Olympics ever. The Norwegian team's standing...

Carlsen confident as ‘Magnus’ premieres

Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen was brimming with confidence this week, just before a documentary about his life was premiering in Norway. It's had...

Coming soon: ‘Magnus,’ the movie

Fresh from victory last week on home turf in the Norway Chess tournament, Magnus Carlsen can now start concentrating on defending his World Championship...

Chess champ bullish as tournament begins

Magnus Carlsen seemed more fired up and aggressive than nervous as the large Norway Chess tournament got underway in Stavanger on Tuesday. Many of the...

Carlsen calls Karjakin’s withdrawal ‘cynical’

Norway's Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen thinks his challenger for the title made a "cynical" and "unfortunate" choice in opting to drop out of the upcoming Norway...

Chess player postpones wedding to replace Karjakin

Li Chao, China's second-highest-rated chess player and 15th on the live rating list, has accepted an invitation to play in the Norway Chess tournament...

Norway Chess blasts Karjakin’s pull-out

Organizers of the major Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger later this month are furious with Magnus Carlsen's challenger Sergey Karjakin and the Russian apparatus around...

Carlsen keen to take on Karjakin

Norway's world champion in chess, Magnus Carlsen, was quick to issue the message on Monday that he's ready to take on Sergey Karjakin as his...

Chess champ made debut as comedian

Magnus Carlsen, Norway's undisputed chess champion, is taking a bit of a break this spring. While his chess rivals fight for the right to...

Carlsen regrets being ‘an idiot’

His smiles earlier in the week turned to fury, but now a duly regretful Magnus Carlsen admits he acted like "an idiot." He told Norwegian...
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