Finishing eighth among 10 participants, Gukesh just about made it to the knockout stage edging out Vladimir Fedoseev of Slovenia and Levon Aronian of United States, the last two finishers in the round ...

Carlsen even lashed out at Viswanathan Anand, the deputy director of FIDE who had signed off on the decision, saying he “was not ready for this job”. Free style is merely the latest incarnation of a ...

World champion D Gukesh will take on Fabiano Caruana of the United States in the two-game quarterfinal after the latter picked the Indian in a unique format typical of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam.

‘Things must change to keep professional chess alive in Europe’ Further in the video, Blohberger clarified that he doesn’t aim to create any controversy but wants to point out the need for changes to ...

However, this was enough for him to secure eighth place in the ten-player format, which could be described as one of the strongest chess events, albeit with a twist as the initial piece ... and ...

You don't have to be a Grand Master to win a match, but you need great aim to take out ... team's chess pieces like normal. Instead, you enter a 1v1 battle with different weapons and abilities ...

World champion D Gukesh bowed out of Freestyle Grand Slam chess after losing his second straight quarterfinal game against Fabiano Caruana of the United States here on Monday. Having lost the first ...

Gukesh and Nakamura also play out a stalemate – their game being the longest of the day at 59 moves. The two players collect half-a-point each after a repetition of moves, with Nakamura offering ...

German GM Martin Keymer was Freestyling in style, successively defeating the world’s two highest-rated players to capture the ...

What followed was an open letter from Freestyle Chess, interviews from Magnus Carlsen and FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky. The open letter from Freestyle Chess and Magnus Carlsen publicly called out FIDE.

World champion D Gukesh exited the Freestyle Grand Slam Chess after his second quarterfinal loss to Fabiano Caruana in Hamburg. Gukesh, needing a win, blundered a pawn early, leading to his ...