The first week of February saw the chess world caught up in controversy as the Freestyle Chess Players Club failed to reach an agreement with FIDE over organising their own world championship ...

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 ...

India’s world No.4 in this interview says the Carlsen-backed format will grow in popularity in the coming years ...

This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat involving Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE, chess's governing body in the build-up to the ...

Last month, FIDE warned the Freestyle Chess Players Club, which is co-owned by Buettner and Carlsen, that they should not brand the series as a 'World Championship'. Buettner said he negotiated ...

FIDE had already organised a Fischer-Random World Championship in 2019 (Wesley So beat Carlsen in the final) and 2022 (Hikaru Nakamura beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final), and as chess ...

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus Carlsen have called on International Chess ...

Days after talks between FIDE and Freestyle Chess Tour collapsed over the use of the title world championship in the tour’s title, the world governing body FIDE stated that the organisers of Freestyle ...

The FIDE and Freestyle Chess, co-founded by World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, were involved in a feud over the use of the term “World Championship”. The FIDE were not up for the idea of Freestyle Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen has said that he won't compete in FIDE tournaments anymore. AP World No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen has said that he won’t be competing in FIDE events and added that his focus ...

“The Freestyle Chess Tour has chosen not to acknowledge FIDE’s existing authority over the World Championship title and has opted to remain a privately organised tournament, primarily featuring ...