The Schachbundesliga has never known such a clamour. Magnus Carlsen — the most famous current chess player in the world and the game’s number one — made his debut for St. Pauli’s chess team.

ST. LOUIS — A chess Grandmaster was expelled from a tournament after an incident Wednesday at the U.S. Championship in St. Louis. The Saint Louis Chess Club issued a statement saying Christopher ...

ST. LOUIS – A 17-year-old chess grandmaster was charged with assault after hitting a woman at a Saint Louis Chess Club tournament last week. St. Louis Metropolitan Police told FOX 2 on Friday ...

World chess No. 1 Magnus Carlsen will continue with Bundesliga team St Pauli for the 2025-26 season. Carlsen joined the German team in May 2024. Nicknamed ‘the Mozart of Chess’, the former ...

Hans Niemann, pictured playing chess in St. Louis on September 11, has been accused of cheating by five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen. Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour Teenage chess grandmaster ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 31-year-old Norwegian grandmaster, implied Hans Niemann, a 19-year-old prodigy from San Francisco, had cheated during the Sinquefield Cup at the St. Louis Chess Club.

In an interview with the St. Louis Chess Club shortly after his game against Carlsen in 2022, Niemann said that he had never cheated in over-the-board games, CNN previously reported.

The U.S. Championship determines the country's chess champion each year. The Saint Louis Chess Club has hosted the tournament since 2009. Caruana is the reigning U.S. champion.