Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess tournament can lure new fans to the game, while engaging the hardcore enthusiasts.

Chess Olympian Sandipan Chanda supports Freestyle chess, highlighting its appeal for top players by removing opening ...

With some of the world’s best players in action, Freestyle Chess has been dominating the conversation so far in 2025, having successfully conducted events in Weissenhaus and in Paris in a span of four ...

D Gukesh, the reigning World Chess Champion, recently shared his thoughts on the complexities of Freestyle Chess, admitting that even for a player of his caliber, adapting to this format has proven to ...

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen’s ongoing feud with world governing body FIDE shows no signs of thawing with CEO Emil Sutovsky ...

Courtesy of wikimedia commons There’s a new sort of chess. It’s flashy, it’s exciting. It’s called Freestyle Chess, or ...

Magnus Carlsen was proved right as D Gukesh’s Freestyle Chess struggles continued. The India No. 1 had a miserable showing in ...

PARIS, April 9 (Reuters) - Hans Niemann, the chess grandmaster at the heart of an alleged cheating scandal, has yet to provide an explanation on his late withdrawal from the Freestyle Grand Slam ...

Leon Luke Mendonca ended 10th at Grenke Freestyle Chess Open 2025 despite 31 players having a better rating than him. He ...

British GM recently introduced a series of chess trump cards in connection with the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam event in Paris ...

The spectacle was part of an ambitious vision to make chess into more of a spectator sport, a new tournament called Freestyle Chess, which is holding Grand Slam events around the world ...