Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
Chess and the dispute over 'freestyle'
A row is brewing in the world of chess – at the center of it are a disgruntled world federation and a chess variant – with millions on the line.
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Highlights: Hikaru defeats Gukesh in rapid tie-breaks; Keymer faces Caruana in final
Vincent Keymer, meanwhile, completes a fairytale victory over Magnus Carlsen by holding the world No 1 to a draw in Game 2 of ...
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Freestyle Chess: It's Gukesh vs Caruana in quarters
World champion D Gukesh will take on Fabiano Caruana of the United States in the two-game quarter-final after the latter ...
Hikaru Nakamura explains Gukesh’s ‘biggest weakness’ as Indian GM struggles in Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh has not won a single game in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Stage 1. His latest loss came ...
Freestyle Chess 2025: D Gukesh Scrapes Into Knockouts To Book Quarterfinal Battle With Fabiano Caruana
Finishing eighth among 10 participants, Gukesh just about made it to the knockout stage edging out Vladimir Fedoseev of ...
Gukesh, Carlsen in Freestyle Grand Chess Tour and feud with FIDE: explained
This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat between Carlsen and the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE ...
D Gukesh makes feelings clear on FIDE vs Freestyle Chess controversy, drops huge verdict: ‘The Classical World C’ship…’
The confusion was regarding the world championship issue and FIDE had issued a waiver to players which stated that they weren ...
No resolution in Fide-Freestyle Chess standoff
Further talks with Fide futile, says Freestyle Chess promoter Jan Buettner; Fide says Freestyle Chess refused to acknowledge ...
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Freestyle Chess: Gukesh takes on Caruana in quarters
World champion D Gukesh will take on Fabiano Caruana of the United States in the two-game quarterfinal after the latter picked the Indian in a unique format typical of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam.