The confusion was regarding the world championship issue and FIDE had issued a waiver to players which stated that they weren ...

Saying that it is "not too difficult to make an exceptional event for 10 people", FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky invoked the ...

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.

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

Players have also decide that the 2025 Grand Slam Tour winner in December (South Africa) will be titled “Freestyle Chess ...

World champion D Gukesh finished eighth at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after losing to Alireza Firouzja in their ...

World Champion D Gukesh began his campaign at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour with three draws and a lone loss, signaling ...

World Champion D Gukesh starts his journey in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, a new format birthed by Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, with mixed results. Despite controversies with FIDE, the ...

But the kind of media debate it has led to, the friction it has caused between Fide and the organisers of freestyle chess and the names this has attracted, it can be said that the world hasn’t ...

World champion D Gukesh made a steady start at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, adapting to the unique format amid rising ...

World champion D Gukesh finished last after losing to Iranian-French Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their ...

Photograph: Michal Walusza/FIDE A brainchild of World's number one Magnus Carlsen and German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, the freestyle chess event marks the beginning of what could be a ...