C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

Viswanathan Anand has decided to pull out of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, amid the ongoing war between FCPC and FIDE.

Legendary Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand has withdrawn from the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour amid the ongoing dispute between Magnus Carlsen and FIDE.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 ...

T he chess world has become like a reality television show since last month, with FIDE at war with Magnus Carlsen’s Freestyle ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

Viswanathan Anand’s absence means that fans will not get a chance to witness the much-awaited match between the Indian legend ...

At Wijk aan Zee, Gukesh has so far strung five wins and five draws. Wednesday’s win over Warmerdam (rated 2646) is his first win with black pieces. Previously, he had defeated Giri, Vincent Keymer, ...

Magnus Carlsen criticised FIDE after co-founding Freestyle Chess Players Club with Jan Henric Beuttner, which led to a ...

Calling the collaboration between Freestyle Chess and Fide “increasingly strained”, Buettner claimed that Fide president Arkady Dvorkovich’s invitation to Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana to play a ...

Magnus Carlsen has once again it back at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) after Freestyle Chess co-founder Jan ...

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