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 ...

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 ...

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Legendary Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand has withdrawn from the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour amid the ongoing dispute between Magnus Carlsen and FIDE.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 much-awaited Norway Chess 2025 is set to feature a thrilling clash between world chess champion D Gukesh and Norwegian chess legend Magnus Carlsen.

The governing body doubles down on its sole right to conduct World Championships and warns that a breach of contract will lead to players being ruled out of two consecutive Fide World Championship cyc ...

Gukesh Dommaraju played and won his first competitive game as world champion on Saturday, but only after surviving a totally lost position. The 18-year-old Indian, who took the crown last month from ...

When is the NFC championship game? The date, time and ways to watch the third-to-last game of the 2024-25 NFL postseason have already been finalized. All that's left to determine is who's playing ...