World champion Magnus Carlsen plays in Scotland this weekend

Magnus Carlsen is the first reigning world champion to compete in Africa

Brilliant Magnus Carlsen soars towards fresh records

World champion in sight of yet another first prize this weekend

World champion Carlsen back in vintage form

World champion Carlsen regains form after 21-game draw sequence

World champion Carlsen draws 21 games in a row

Plus, Magnus Carlsen triumphs again in world blitz

This week’s puzzle, plus Carlsen is in a class of his own in tie-breaks

Norwegian steamrollers US opponent Caruana in play-off after 12-match series ends deadlocked

The game is now fashionable for a different reason: artificial intelligence

Puzzle 2274 — plus Carlsen grinds out victory against Navara in Biel, Switzlerland

Caruana suffers slump in form ahead of Carlsen world title match — plus puzzle 2270

White mates in three moves, against any defence (by Fritz Giegold, 1971)

Norwegian wins ‘most difficult’ match of his career against Russia’s Sergey Karjakin

Tickets for next week’s world championship in New York will cost from $75 to $3,000

The grandmaster, who lives with his parents in Oslo, on why computers are ‘stupid’ but studying military history is useful

Supporters say the game teaches logical thinking and concentration

Aged just 24, the hero of the chequered board says that it is good to be a nerd

Way in which world champion defeated opponent reinforces view that he is best the game has seen

Norwegian beats Anand with game to spare