A brainchild of World’s number one Magnus Carlsen and German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, the freestyle chess event ...

Magnus Carlsen questioned the validity of classical chess as a measure of skill, favoring rapid chess. Gukesh acknowledged the quality of their championship match, while Carlsen ruled out a title ...

Japanese-American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura added that the Indian chess ecosystem, which is given rise to superstars such ...

Gukesh, made his foray in to the format taking a draw with Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan before going down to Alireza ...

World Champion D Gukesh starts his journey in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, a new format birthed by Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, with mixed results. Despite controversies with FIDE, the ...

The year-end Fide World Rapid and Blitz Championship has been among Carlsen’s most important calendar events since he walked ...