Viswanathan Anand exits Freestyle Chess Grand Slam as Magnus Carlsen-FIDE dispute escalates
Legendary Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand has withdrawn from the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour amid the ongoing dispute between Magnus Carlsen and FIDE.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 ...
FIDE slams Magnus Carlsen for 'misleading' claims about threatening players: 'Conveniently forget to mention'
FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky has called out Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura for spreading a ‘misleading’ narrative that the ...
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Can a 17-Year-Old Super Grandmaster Help Me Defeat My Sister
Shoutout to Firouzja brothers for doing this Siblings Hand & Brain match with us! Drop a like and tell in the comments, which ...
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Random piece positions, 960 possible starts: What is freestyle chess, which led to Magnus Carlsen clashing with FIDE?
Freestyle chess is a variant of chess that was popularised by the ... Uzbek prodigy Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja, Levon Aronian, and Vincent Keymer. The 10th player will be selected from ...
Exclusive: FIDE and freestyle chess organisers close to amicable agreement after 2-month-long dispute
Across three days, there have been three one-on-one phone calls between freestyle chess tour promoter Jan Henric Buettner and FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich ...