AFP pic Is all this a good thing? Opinions vary. Carlsen has been rather vocal in promoting freestyle chess, even challenging the International Chess Federation’s (or FIDE) reluctance to host ...

D Gukesh has been having a forgettable time in the opening event of the Freestyle ... teen chess star has suddenly lost his touch after beating Ding Liren in the FIDE World Championship in December ...

Gukesh Dommaraju had a forgettable run in the opening event of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Weissenhaus, Germany. Two months after being crowned the youngest world champion in Singapore and ...

Canadian chess stars Alexandra and Andrea Botez shared a hilarious "hostage" photo with Indian world champion D Gukesh, delighting fans with their trademark humour after a similar viral post featuring ...

Freestyle Chess ... introduces excitement into chess with randomised starting positions and faster gameplay. The tournament has quickly gained traction among top players worldwide, offering ...

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour ... event that will take place before the tournament begins. This is one of the highest-paying online chess tournaments, with a record-breaking $50,000 prize ...

Organiser Jan Buettner and 12 Freestyle Chess Players Club members ... setting an inconvenient deadline right after the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee,” where many were competing.

A row is brewing in the world of chess – at the center ... Buettner's intention to crown a freestyle world champion at the end of his tournament series. Since the start of the year, the German ...

or the Freestyle Chess. But it is here to stay. Pre-tournament favourite Magnus Carlsen won his second game on the trot at the expense of Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan – the other big find of ...

World No. 5 Arjun Erigaisi has also been confirmed for the tournament as well. Beyond freestyle chess, Gukesh has a packed calendar ahead. He is set to compete in the prestigious Norway Chess ...

World champion Dommaraju Gukesh saw his bid to win the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam ... R Praggnanandhaa in the final of the Tata Steel Chess tournament a week ago, it has been a sobering month ...

The BPM has been used in chess events before, but during the ongoing first tournament of the Freestyle Grand Slam tour, it is attracting a lot of attention due to players making tough decisions as ...