Magnus Carlsen’s recent tactics spark a fresh clash with FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky. Explore the dress code debate dividing chess ...

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

Hikaru Nakamura commits a late blunder to allow Magnus Carlsen to win Game 1 of their blockbuster final after putting up a solid fight for a majority of the game. Arjun Erigaisi, meanwhile, defeats ...

D Gukesh faced criticism after a disappointing performance at the Paris Freestyle Grand Slam Tour. Despite his poor showing, ...

With some of the world’s best players in action, Freestyle Chess has been dominating the conversation so far in 2025, having ...

Shooting: Rudrankksh Patil and Arya Bhorse won a silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup in Argentina. Badminton: HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen lost in the first round of ...

The 19-year-old took Grenke Freestyle Chess Open 2025 by storm, finishing 10th among 297 players, beating Ian Nepomniachtchi ...

Next event will see 45-minute games with a 10-second increment per move rather than a 90-minute game with 30-second increment.

Maghsoodloo finished in second place by Buchholz tiebreaks, ahead of six other players also on seven points. Since Carlsen ...

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

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 ...