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How Max put Orkney at the heart of his St Magnus festival – and in the heart of his extraordinary music

The festival founded by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies hits its 50th edition this midsummer and continues to connect culture and community. Also this week – is 432Hz the magic number? This midsummer will be the 50th St Magnus festival.

The Guardian Culture 4h ago

How Max put Orkney at the heart of his St Magnus festival – and in the heart of his extraordinary music

The festival founded by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies hits its 50th edition this midsummer and continues to connect culture and community. Also this week – is 432Hz the magic number? This midsummer will be the 50th St Magnus festival.

The Guardian UK 4h ago

Injured Alireza Firouzja plays through pain to shock world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in Oslo

Alireza Firouzja unexpectedly defeated world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the opening round of the Norway Chess tournament. The 22-year-old Frenchman achieved this victory despite playing through pain from a sprained ankle sustained at a previous event. This marked a significant upset, as Carlsen has dominated the annual tournament for the past seven years.

The Guardian UK 12d ago

Injured Alireza Firouzja plays through pain to shock world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in Oslo

Frenchman scored at Norway Chess despite his heavily protected sprained ankle, and defeated Carlsen for the first time in a classical gameMagnus Carlsen, the 35-year-old world No 1, has won the annual Norway Chess elite tournament, for six of the past seven years. However, he was shocked in Monday’s opening round by Alireza Firouzja, who had finished last at Bucharest the previous week in the Grand Chess Tour event won by Germany’s Vincent Keymer.The Frenchman, 22, defeated Carlsen for the...

The Guardian Sport 12d ago

Praggnanandhaa exclusive interview: 'Winning ahead of Carlsen is something I've always wanted'

In a country where Magnus Carlsen's shadow looms over every square of the chessboard, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa walked into Norway Chess 2026 and did what no Indian had managed before by lifting the title in the World No. 1's own backyard. The 20-year-old from Chennai began the second half of the event from the bottom of the open-category standings, only to produce a remarkable comeback that included two classical victories over Carlsen, a win over the reigning world champion Dommaraju...

Times of India 3d ago

Norway Chess: Pragg humbles Carlsen once again; Gukesh, Divya suffer classical losses

If you turn the pages of an English dictionary to find the meaning of the word "cliché", it will tell you that a cliché is nothing but a phrase or an idea that has been so overused that it no longer holds its original meaning. At the 14th edition of Norway Chess in Oslo, the feeling of shock and disappointment associated with a defeat faced by Magnus Carlsen has become a bit of a cliché. The result itself doesn't really yield that feeling of shock or disappointment anymore.

Times of India 7d ago

Norway Chess: R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh back to winning ways

Ahead of the 2026 Norway Chess, which is currently in its 14th edition, if someone had told you that halfway down the line, reigning World Chess Champion D Gukesh and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen would be the last and second-to-last names on the points table, there would have been countless questions over that person's sanity. Who would have ever thought that as the drama at the Deichman Bjørvika Library in Oslo reached its climax and began its voyage towards the end, with just three rounds...

Times of India 8d ago

Chess: Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hans Niemann tie grudge match in Belgrade

The Russian world title challenger and the controversial American have personal issues but similar ratings, and drew 4-4 with a win apiece and six drawsIan Nepomniachtchi, who won two Candidates tournaments but then lost world title matches to Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren, and Hans Niemann, whose controversial 2022 game with Carlsen is the subject of the Netflix documentary Untold: Chess Mates, tied an eight-game series in Belgrade this week with a win apiece and six draws. Nepo won the...

The Guardian UK 5d ago

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway Is Placed on Lung Transplant List

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, center, with Crown Prince Haakon, right, and Prince Sverre Magnus at the National Day celebrations in Asker, Norway, last month.

NYT World 5d ago

Chess: Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hans Niemann tie grudge match in Belgrade

The Russian world title challenger and the controversial American have personal issues but similar ratings, and drew 4-4 with a win apiece and six drawsIan Nepomniachtchi, who won two Candidates tournaments but then lost world title matches to Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren, and Hans Niemann, whose controversial 2022 game with Carlsen is the subject of the Netflix documentary Untold: Chess Mates, tied an eight-game series in Belgrade this week with a win apiece and six draws. Nepo won the...

The Guardian Sport 5d ago