Players wear heart-rate monitors and give confession-booth interviews mid-match ... known by its French acronym, FIDE, last month accused Freestyle Chess of encroaching on its authority by seeking ...

In the now-viral video, the interviewer can be heard ... he will become the youngest undisputed world chess champion in history. After winning the FIDE Candidates tournament, “Right now, I ...

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky has died at the age of 88, International chess federation (FIDE) general director Emil Sutovsky told Reuters on Thursday. Sportscategory· February 4 ...

This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat involving Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE, chess's governing body in the build-up to the ...

After a meeting of its top players on Sunday at the Weissenhaus Resort in Wangels (Germany), the Freestyle Chess Players Club has put an end to the ongoing controversy with FIDE. In the meeting ...