D Gukesh had previously participated at the Freestyle Chess GOAT Challenge in February last year. Image credit: ...
The confusion was regarding the world championship issue and FIDE had issued a waiver to players which stated that they weren’t allowed to participate in a non-recognised world championship. To ease ...
Carlsen and Gukesh will face-off in round nine of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour at Weissenhaus in Germany on Saturday.
As the revolutionary Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 gets underway on 7 February, we take a look at the players competing in ...
The five-tournament series will unfold through the year, with Paris, New York, New Delhi and Cape Town being the other four ...
Magnus Carlsen is looking forward to facing world champion Gukesh Dommaraju at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.
Talking about the bitter battle between FIDE and Freestyle Chess, Carlsen said: “Right now it is very hard to have a ...
In an exclusive conversation with Hindustan Times, FIDE CEO and grandmaster Emil Sutovsky cleared the air on the recent controversy, and had a contrasting take on the so-called younger players. Among ...
Tata Steel Chess champion R Praggnanandhaa won't be competing in Germany for the first round of the Freestyle Tour.
This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat between Carlsen and the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE ...
Despite beating reigning world champion D Gukesh in the blitz tie-breaks to win the prestigious Tata Steel Chess tournament ...
The intent of Freestyle Tour’s organisers to crown the winner of their event as a ‘world champion’ had been the sticking ...