Magnus Carlsen questioned the validity of classical chess as a measure of skill, favoring rapid chess. Gukesh acknowledged the quality of their championship match, while Carlsen ruled out a title ...
The American grandmaster Hans Niemann had not left his apartment for four days before our lunch on a cold afternoon in the ...
In an exclusive conversation with Hindustan Times, FIDE CEO and grandmaster Emil Sutovsky cleared the air on the recent controversy, and had a contrasting take on the so-called younger players. Among ...
Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess player since 2010, will take a seat in Weissenhaus, Germany, to compete in freestyle ...
His Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour has relented against FIDE for now, but the bitterness between both camps is palpable ...
It is fitting that a day which started with Gukesh playing against Arjun Erigaisi, ended with Gukesh facing Praggnanandhaa.
On Sunday, at the end of a fortnight-long tournament, battling fatigue and nerves, the moment of truth arrived. Arjun ...
Across three days, there have been three one-on-one phone calls between freestyle chess tour promoter Jan Henric Buettner and ...
Boaz Weinstein's audacious raid on the City's sleepy £267 billion investment trust sector has rattled the Square Mile. But his aggression is in character. He is known on Wall Street for his love of ...
The conflict between the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the organisers of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam could ...