FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry ...

Team Liquid is making the ultimate power move into the world of professional chess, doubling down on top talent by signing multi-time world champion Magnus Carl ...

Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

A row is brewing in the world of chess – at the center of it are a disgruntled world federation and a chess variant – with ...

Following a successful first year in 2024, which saw the likes of Street Fighter, Tekken, and Fortnite contested for prize pools of over $1million, the Esports ...

Freestyle Chess, created by German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner and endorsed by Magnus Carlsen, introduces excitement ...

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Finishing eighth among 10 participants, Gukesh just about made it to the knockout stage edging out Vladimir Fedoseev of ...

The first major difference between freestyle chess and chess as we know is that the pieces on the back ranks are randomised.

The 18-year-old reigning classical world champion didn’t win a single game in nine rounds but still managed to sneak into the ...