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Gukesh D Says He Wants To Play Against Magnus Carlsen, World No. 1 Responds In the post-event press conference, Gukesh stated that he would love to fight it out against Carlsen at some point.

Multi-time chess world champion and perhaps the most famous player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, has said that he believes the esports style presentation would help the pro chess scene.

After his win in Singapore, chess great Magnus Carlsen had said that classical chess was perhaps the "worst way" to measure a player, adding that rapid chess was perhaps a more "pure" form of chess.

PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club ...

World number 1 Chess player Magnus Carlsen met the current FIDE World Champion D Gukesh on Friday ahead of a much-awaited clash between the two players on 8 February, The Guardian reported.