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 ...

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Magnus Carlsen says for now he won't be participating in the World Rapid & Blitz Championships, scheduled for Doha, Qatar, in ...

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

Indian World champion D Gukesh will try his hand at the event where positions of pieces on the back ranks randomised, and the ...

The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam began at Weissenhaus, Germany, featuring a rapid event to decide eight knockout ...

The 14th game also became iconic due to Gukesh’s reaction, when he spotted Liren’s blunder at the end-game. It was of pure ...

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

World Champion D Gukesh began his campaign at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour with three draws and a lone loss, ...

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 ...

Bengaluru: With negotiations failing and the feud with Fide remaining unresolved, world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen has ruled out ...

Currently in action at the first leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour at Weissenhaus Resort in Wangels, Germany, D ...