The five-time world chess champion was competing in the ‘Magnus vs. The World’ competition – an online chess match which allowed the public to test themselves against arguably the greatest ...

A huge case in point being the FIDE Chess Olympiad, which was hosted online in 2020 and 2021. The sequence of events also led to speeding up the growth of chess as an esport, Manu states.

Billed as “Magnus Carlsen vs. The World,” the online match began April 4 on Chess.com, the world’s largest chess website, and was the first-ever online freestyle game to feature a world ...

The mega-match features undisputed world number one Norwegian Magnus Carlsen playing freestyle chess online against "the world". The game, which began on 4 April, allows Team World to vote on each ...