This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat between Carlsen and the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE ...

The intent of Freestyle Tour’s organisers to crown the winner of their event as a ‘world champion’ had been the sticking ...

The challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju, simply stared at the board. A wave of realisation crossed both men’s faces. Gukesh’s eyes swelled with emotion as he took a sip of his drink and put his head in his ...

Iran test-fired an anti-warship cruise missile named Ghadr-380 on 1. The new Iranian missile has a range of 1,000 kilometres, ...

D Gukesh has climbed to third position in the live Elo chess ratings, and is behind Hakaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen.

Ahead of Sunday's final round, R Praggnanandhaa joins world champion D Gukesh atop the Tata Steel Masters standings ...

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has climbed to the World No 3 spot in the chess live rating rankings whereas Arjun Erigaisi has ...

Across three days, there have been three one-on-one phone calls between freestyle chess tour promoter Jan Henric Buettner and ...

Legendary Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand has withdrawn from the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour amid the ongoing dispute between Magnus Carlsen and FIDE. Anand’s decision comes as tensions rise ...

Top players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura said that FIDE threatened grandmasters who wanted to take part in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour ...

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky has called out Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura for spreading a ‘misleading’ narrative that the ...

The Uzbek city of Samarkand is preparing to host one of the world's most important chess events from 3-15 September. The Women's Grand Swiss will ...