Al Lawrence, the managing director of U.S. Chess Trust, speaks with ABC News' Trevor Ault. The next day, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament and tweeted a video of the then-Chelsea football coach ...

He announced himself at this year's Chess Olympiad by winning eight consecutive games. He is among the stars of a new generation of young Indian players who are taking the sport by storm.

ABC News Illustrations/FIDE Statistics "That little girl is 8, and she is the strongest chess player of either sex in the world of her age," then-79-year-old British chess champion Peter Lee told ...

Celebrity status A grandmaster at 13, Carlsen enjoys celebrity status that few other chess players have. The 34-year-old became the world’s top-ranked player in 2011 and has won five World ...

Hans Niemann, pictured playing chess in St. Louis on September 11, has been accused of cheating by five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen. Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour-CNNWire Teenage chess ...