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 ...

It was like being on a game show,” is how one eyewitness described the Silicon Valley tech titans’ three-hour bidding battle ...

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

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

If you scrunch your eyes up just as an offensive line sets for a play, the outlines of the players look like chess pieces ...

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.

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

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Story continues below this ad Magnus Carlsen took down the American GM in 56 moves while playing with black pieces. Then, in the next game he defeated ... Freestyle chess is a variant of chess that ...