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764,000 followed Carlsen’s championship victory

Fully a fifth of Norway's population stayed up well past midnight on Wednesday to watch their Norwegian chess hero win his third World Chess...

Champion Carlsen thanks his father

There were lots of people and organizations that Norwegian chess superstar Magnus Carlsen needed and wanted to thank after becoming World Chess Champion for the...

Chess championship goes into overtime

Chess stars Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Sergey Karjakin of Russia defied all the expert commentators' expectations once again on Monday, by not engaging...

Chess fever rolls over Norway

More than 150,000 Norwegians sat up in the middle of the night over the weekend to watch the 11th game of the World Chess...

Carlsen finally smiling again

Some of his followers said they'd never seen Norwegian chess champ Magnus Carlsen so happy. "I am really exhausted but I'm frightfully relieved and frightfully glad,"...

Carlsen can win on chess drama

As Norwegian chess commentators worried this week about "what's wrong" with chess star Magnus Carlsen, others contend he's doing just fine. He may be...

Carlsen branded as a ‘bad loser’

Norway's reigning chess champion, threatened with losing his crown after a shocking loss in New York Monday night, was being roundly blasted as a "bad...

Carlsen endures the media glare

He's used to it by now, but Magnus Carlsen still doesn't seem to thrive in the media spotlight. As Norway's celebrated chess champ took a...

Chess champ full of self-confidence

Norway's World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen was brimming with confidence as he headed into his third FIDE World Chess Championship Match to defend his...

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...
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