Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
FIDE previously hosted a Chess960 world ... The twist: The tour randomizes the starting positions of the chess board’s most important pieces, so each game begins with the queen, rooks and ...
Magnus Carlsen rules out classical World Chess Championship return, shifting focus to new era
Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World ...
Chess and the dispute over 'freestyle'
This is because the world chess federation (FIDE) considers itself responsible ... As the opening positioning of the pieces are drawn at the start, the preparations for the opening that are ...
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Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, has made history. Can the prodigy become the youngest chess world champion?
Advertisement “He would become fascinated with how the pieces worked,” Rajini ... to be included in the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) junior world rankings, he is the world ...
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New Delhi likely to host FIDE World Cup 2025 but set to lose Freestyle Chess Grand Slam to Europe
New Delhi is expected to host the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 from October 31 to November 27, marking its return to India after 23 years. The capital city is the preferred location for major ...
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Meet the 4-year-old chess prodigy who's world’s youngest Fide-rated player
But he's already done enough to become the youngest Fide-rated player in the world ... promptly plonks his rook in between the two pieces, in the process opening up a direct passage for his ...
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Magnus Carlsen rules out classical World Chess Championship return, shifting focus to new era
He has since clashed with the International Chess Federation (FIDE), who organize the classic ... a tournament where the pieces on the back rank start in a random position, and has signed up ...