Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Weissenhaus Day 5 Highlights: Gukesh and Nakamura play out draw; Carlsen stunned by Keymer
With D Gukesh’s underwhelming campaign in Weissenhaus coming to an end with back-to-back losses in the quarter-finals, the spotlight now shifts to his conquerer Fabiano Caruana and world No 1 Magnus ...
Fischer Random is the future of chess: Arjun Erigaisi
India’s world No.4 in this interview says the Carlsen-backed format will grow in popularity in the coming years ...
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‘Putting an end to cash rewards for attaining GM & IM titles not ideal,’ says Arjun Erigaisi
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi believes the government’s recent decision to stop cash rewards for attaining Grandmaster ...
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Vaishali breaks silence on handshake controversy
Indian chess Grandmaster R Vaishali has set her sights on two key objectives this year: delivering consistent performances ...
Jan Henric Buettner felt watching chess looked ‘incredibly boring’, so he tried to make it exciting with freestyle variant
The term ‘Freestyle Chess’ was born because Jan Henric Buettner felt that Fischer Random 960, the original version, sounded ...
Erigaisi finds new boards at eSports World Cup but remains focussed on Candidates
Arjun Erigaisi has been signed by Gen G eSports to compete for a $1.5 million prize pool at the 2025 eSports World Cup in ...
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam: Gukesh loses to USA’s Fabiano Caruana in quarterfinals, faces 5th-8th place playoff
Having lost the first game with white pieces, Gukesh did not last long against the American Grandmaster in a must-win tie ...