Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
His Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour has relented against FIDE for now, but the bitterness between both camps is palpable ...
Sutovsky responded to a dig made by Magnus Carlsen in a recent interview where ... by former chess legends Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov fell through. “‘I am bigger than FIDE’ concept ...
If Kasparov won, it would be confirmation that times were changing, that something fresh and exciting and terrifying was coming. But to be abandoned, without a winner, after 48 grueling games?
Magnus Carlsen has a peak rating of 2882, which is the highest in history. He has been World No. 1 in the FIDE rankings since July 2022, and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest ...
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused ... Former world champion Garry Kasparov made a pointed reference to the jeans controversy, writing on X: “I thought the first FIDE tiebreak ...