The event is owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, and is part of a soft power strategy designed to ... Carlsen about his role in Freestyle Chess, where the positions of the back ...

“Entire PR strategy is in play ... officially recognising the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour. The agreement was facilitated by the likes of Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. A press release from ...

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“Entire PR strategy is in play," he added ... The spotlight fell on Carlsen and the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour after former world champion Vladimir Kramnik claimed he tried to “blackmail” FIDE ...

and it is this unpredictability that throws the the set strategies for the best of players out of the window and makes it interesting. In partnership with German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, ...

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

After he walked away from the classical Fide World Championship cycle in 2022, Carlsen has been a promoter of Freestyle Chess (chess960), backed by German entrepreneur Jan Buettner. Magnus Carlsen ...

PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club ...

and Magnus Carlsen-feud has escalated further when the world chess governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club, which is co-owned by the Norwegian Chess GM, threatening legal action ...

PARIS – The ongoing dispute between the International Chess Federation (Fide) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC), which is co ...

From expanding freestyle chess to social initiatives, the discipline is undergoing a global transformation. In an extensive interview last week with ChessBase India, Dvorkovich, president of the ...