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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

D Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen are currently participating at the first leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.

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 ...

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 ...

Robert Oppenheimer — was a bona fide cultural phenomenon the likes of which neither jaded marketing consultants nor armchair pundits could’ve expected, let alone conceived of. The premise of ...

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Scott Neuman is a correspondent for NPR's Enterprise Desk, based in Washington, D.C. He joined the network in 2007 as a breaking news editor and reporter, but has since moved into writing longer ...