Magnus Carlsen reveals why he’s ditching classical chess for freestyle: creativity over theory. Discover how Fischer Random ...

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 heads to Paris from April 7 to 14, featuring 12 top grandmasters competing for a ...

Magnus Carlsen has reiterated his disinterest in returning to the classical World Chess Championship, stating that no ...

This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat between Carlsen and the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE in the build-up to the tournament.

Gukesh was also fortunate to not have more losses to his name. He should've lost the sixth-round match against Fabiano Caruana, too, with the American gaining complete control during the endgame and ...

Indian chess Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi, who will be representing Gen.G in the ESports World Cup later this year, looks ...

Ten of the world’s top players gathered in a German villa on the Baltic coast this week to play in the first tournament of a new chess circuit, the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, that Carlsen ...

In a surprise to absolutely no one even remotely familiar with modern internet behavior, Magnus Carlsen’s “jeans that broke chess” have successfully sold for over $36,000. The greatest player of all ...

World Champion D. Gukesh suffered a rare setback in normal time control, losing to USA’s Fabiano Caruana in the first game of the quarterfinals of the Freestyle Grand Slam chess tournament here.

The world champion went winless at a recent event, in a format he looked out of depth. Trainer Gajewski says they’re debating ...

The popular app offers elite GMs a lighter dose of fun chess, and casual and upcoming players the chance to go up the ladder ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, is bored of chess. Carlsen has spent much of the past year appearing to dismiss the game he has mastered: It was no longer exciting to play, he told ...