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

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

Magnus Carlsen questioned the validity of classical chess as a measure of skill, favoring rapid chess. Gukesh acknowledged ...

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

as people strove to find a way to pass the time with activities like 1,000-piece puzzles and chess. Current chess superstars became household names such as Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, who holds the ...

This means, behind the initial rank of pawns, the pieces are not placed in conventional ... Fide and the organisers of freestyle chess and the names this has attracted, it can be said that the ...

World Champion D Gukesh began his campaign at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour with three draws and a lone loss, signalling that he is gradually coming to terms with the new format. A brainchild of ...

Just like on the first day, Gukesh was also fortunate to not have more losses to his name. He should've lost the sixth-round ...

The stage is set for the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, which commences its first-ever tournament on February 7, 2025 in Weissenhaus, Germany. The event, embroiled in controversy well before its ...

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

But things got tense when Leanne discovered she was the two-faced piece, which she said left her "instantly fuming". Winkleman took the remaining players to the chess board in the grounds of the ...