ST. LOUIS — The world's top chess champion broke his silence Monday after cheating allegations against one of his opponents during the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis shook the chess world for weeks.

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen has accused 19-year-old American Hans Niemann of cheating. Niemann beat Carlsen earlier in September, and Carlsen later abruptly quit a match against Niemann, ...

ST. LOUIS — This week, all the eyes of the chess world turn to St. Louis. The Sinquefield Cup is underway through Sept. 11, and it’s bringing all the big names of chess to the chess capitol of the ...

SAINT LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In commanding fashion, Grandmaster (GM) Alireza Firouzja from France won both the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup to become the overall 2024 Grand ...

SAINT LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The final two legs of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour will bring the world’s best chess players to Saint Louis to compete in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup ...

In the chess community, this month will be remembered for only one thing: Magnus Carlsen vs. Hans Niemann. The reigning world chess champion and a top-50 ranked grandmaster have spent the past few ...

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen released a statement confirming his accusations of cheating against rival and fellow chess grandmaster Hans Niemann on Monday. The statement, which was made via a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (AFP via Getty Images) It should have been simple for Magnus Carlsen, or at least as simple as a top-tier chess game can be. When ...

This marks the third straight year that reigning World Champion Gukesh and former World Cup finalist Praggnanandhaa have been ...

Building on more than a decade of defining excellence at the highest level of the game, the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) returns in May 2026 with a star-studded roster of elite competitors, a $2 million ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Rex Sinquefield (right) and then-St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger help remove the tarp covering the 20-foot-tall king ...