All you need to know as R Vaishali, Harikia Dronavalli and other Indians battle chess's best in the World Cup.

Despite these concerns, FIDE has taken a pragmatic approach to the 2025 Freestyle Chess series to facilitate player ...

FIDE's dispute with Freestyle Chess centers around using the term "World Championship." Freestyle Chess, co-founded by Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, introduced an innovative format with a Grand ...

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus Carlsen have called on International Chess Federation (FIDE) president Arkady Dvorkovich to resign after talks ...

However, Freestyle chess with classical time controls offers an intriguing balance and negates the need for time-consuming preparation -- a big part of why Carlsen opted out of the FIDE Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess tournament can lure new fans to the game, while engaging the hardcore enthusiasts. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Earlier this month, a handful of ...

Praggnanandhaa has won three tournaments already this year, including the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee in ...

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Delhi, featuring top players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, has been cancelled ...

His willingness to engage with chess fans and the broader public are part and parcel with his desire to build Freestyle Chess into a bona fide power player in the space, betting that its format ...

Magnus Carlsen finally crossed the 2900 rating mark in chess, but in the freestyle format, not classical. After learning about his new achievement, Carlsen joked that his wife finds him more ...

For now, it seems the FIDE vs Freestyle Chess row has cooled. Whether it stays that way or erupts again may depend less on officials and more on the grandmasters in the room.