World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen shared a text that FIDE chief Dvorkovich had sent to his father, Henrik, before demanding the ...

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus Carlsen have called on International Chess ...

FIDE had already organised a Fischer-Random World Championship in 2019 (Wesley So beat Carlsen in the final) and 2022 (Hikaru Nakamura beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final), and as chess ...

FIDE wants to ensure that all players can plan their schedules for 2025. That is why - as a matter of goodwill and to provide sufficient comfort to the players for the immediate future - FIDE took the ...

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 ...

The Freestyle Chess World Championship will kick off next month in Germany with 10 of the top players in the world before legs in Paris, New York, Delhi and Cape Town. FIDE are warning the FCPC ...

The reigning world champion lost the must-win Game 2 of the last eight on Monday to continue his winless run in Weissenhaus ...

Freedom Holding Corp. is proud to have sponsored the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship. This major chess event was held at the famous venue - Cipriani Wall Street. The championship featured ...

and 2025 will see a full freestyle chess tour, with talks of a dedicated world championship. Dvorkovich supported the initiative but underscored the need for FIDE’s leadership in all chess ventures.

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich underscored the event’s significance: “This championship showed that chess is popular all over the world. It also tried new ways to make the game more exciting ...

The Freestyle Chess World Championship will kick off in Germany in February with 10 of the top players in the world, before legs in Paris, New York, New Delhi and Cape Town. Fide is warning the ...