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

This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat between Carlsen and the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE ...

Magnus Carlsen says for now he won't be participating in the World Rapid & Blitz Championships, scheduled for Doha, Qatar, in ...

Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess player since 2010, will take a seat in Weissenhaus, Germany, to compete in freestyle ...

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam began at Weissenhaus, Germany, featuring a rapid event to decide eight knockout contenders. Indian ...

D Gukesh faces Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the opening round of the Weissenhaus event on Friday while Magnus Carlsen squares off ...

Indian World champion D Gukesh will try his hand at the event where positions of pieces on the back ranks randomised, and the ...

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus Carlsen have called on International Chess ...

World Champion D Gukesh was off to a disappointing start in the opening event of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

The five-tournament series will unfold through the year, with Paris, New York, New Delhi and Cape Town being the other four ...

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