Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

Team Liquid is making the ultimate power move into the world of professional chess, doubling down on top talent by signing multi-time world champion Magnus Carl ...

international chess federation (FIDE)'s chief executive officer Emil Sutovsky has rubbished Freestyle Chess co-owner Jan Henric Buettner's claim of wanting to "protect the young players" from FIDE.

In a sensational move, Freestyle Chess failed to receive official recognition for a world championship tournament from FIDE, which sent social media into a state of meltdown. What followed was an ...

A row is brewing in the world of chess– at the center of it are a disgruntled world federation and a chess variant– with millions on the line.When asked about the start of his newest project, the ...

T he ongoing FIDE vs Freestyle Chess controversy has created much furore lately. The first week of February saw FIDE release ...

Magnus Carlsen said that in freestyle chess, the middlegame is where things get interesting. Image: X / @FIDE_chess World No 1 Magnus Carlsen recently revealed what he loves about Freestyle chess and ...

Magnus Carlsen has made it clear that he won’t be playing in the FIDE events anymore and will be focus more on his project Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour. After spending the past two months battling ...

Carlsen said that that Gukesh’s inexperience played a role in the outcome. Image: Instagram/freestyle-chess On Saturday, 18-year-old Indian grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh faced off against World No. 1 ...

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“Pretty much all places, I’ve seen him have that phone out playing some chess,” Shipley said. Barkley calls chess his fun “kill-time” game. Even when he’s killing time away from football, the ...