PARIS – The ongoing dispute between the International Chess Federation (Fide) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC), which is co ...

PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club ...

A day after FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky wrote a long post accusing the organisers of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour of trying to split the world of chess, the brains and financial muscle behind the ...

The prospect of ‘war’ that was looming over the world of chess seems to be easing up as the organisers of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour and FIDE are close to an amicable agreement, The Indian ...

Five soldiers, Captain Yair Yakov Shushan, Staff Sergeant Yahav Hadar, Staff Sergeant Guy Karmiel, Staff Sergeant Yoav Feffer, and Staff Sergeant Aviel Wiseman, fell in battle in the Gaza Strip ...

Chess player D Gukesh became the highest-ranked Indian on the FIDE rankings after he defeated German player Vincent Keymer in the Tata Steel Tournament in the Netherlands on Thursday. He has dethroned ...

Magnus Carlsen on Sunday has confirmed that he will be playing in the World Blitz Championship a couple of days after he pulled out because he was fined by FIDE for violating the dress code rules by ...

Municipalities announce the deaths of 3 soldiers who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip, Lieutenant Yair Shoshan, Yoav Pepper, and Aviel Weissman.

The world of chess had a rather tumultuous end to 2024, with top players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura taking on FIDE, the global governing body of chess. Carlsen and Nakamura accused FIDE ...

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