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 ...

The first week of February saw the chess world caught up in controversy as the Freestyle Chess Players Club failed to reach ...

Tata Steel Chess champion R Praggnanandhaa won't be competing in Germany for the first round of the Freestyle Tour.

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

The long-standing feud between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen escalated once again, as the American Grandmaster launched a ...

Fans also haven’t still forgotten Magnus Carlsen’s controversies at 2024’s year-ending Rapid and Blitz Championship. The ...

Niemann has been involved in a public feud with Carlsen since the five-time world champion accused his American opponent of cheating in the Sinquefield Cup in 2022.

The field for the Norway Chess tournament was announced, with Gukesh D set to play against Magnus Carlsen for the first time ...