Hindustan Times4d
FIDE CEO Sutovsky clears the air on D Gukesh, Freestyle Chess controversy; clarifies on Viswanathan Anand's withdrawal
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 ...
Hindustan Times4d
D Gukesh makes feelings clear on FIDE vs Freestyle Chess controversy, drops huge verdict: ‘The Classical World C’ship…’
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 ...
ESPN5d
Gukesh, Carlsen in Freestyle Grand Chess Tour and feud with FIDE: explained
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 ...
ESPN.com5d
Gukesh, Carlsen in Freestyle Grand Chess Tour and feud with FIDE: explained
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 ...
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 ...
D Gukesh makes feelings clear on FIDE vs Freestyle Chess controversy, drops huge verdict: ‘The Classical World C’ship…’
T he Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour begins on February 7 at the Weissenhaus Resort in Wangels (Germany), and organisers will ...
The Indian Express6d
Chess: Deadlock between FIDE and Freestyle Chess Tour breaks; Tour deletes world championship title
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 ...
Firstpost3d
Magnus Carlsen says he won't participate in FIDE events in future: 'As of now, it's completely out of the question'
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 ...
Firstpost3d
Hikaru Nakamura speaks on FIDE vs Freestyle Chess debate: 'Both sides acted like children'
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 ...
sportstar.thehindu6d
FIDE vs Freestyle Tour: President Dvorkovich confirms waiver dropped after apparent title dispute settlement
The controversial saga involving FIDE and the Freestyle ... out a consensus with the Freestyle Chess Tour, co-founded by Carlsen and German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, had failed over the use of ...
The Indian Express4d
Magnus Carlsen says he’s looking forward to playing Gukesh in Freestyle Chess
Talking about the bitter battle between FIDE and Freestyle Chess, Carlsen told ChessBase India: “Generally unfortunate what has happened. Happy to focus now on the tournament. Things could have been ...