“To play a rated game in a tournament, to have a really long match, you may have a four-hour game. So it would be almost like running a marathon. You’re drained. You’re exhausted at the end of a tough ...

PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Magnus Carlsen feels he's still better than the young generation of chess players, but the Norwegian great is ruling out a comeback at the classical world championship.

CHENNAI, India – On a balmy morning last fall in the coastal Indian city of Chennai, dozens of fans perched on their seats as they watched an elite-level tournament unfold. Some shook their legs ...