Magnus Carlsen joins Team Liquid for the 2025 Esports World Cup, continuing his rift with FIDE. Chess' inclusion in esports ...

The federation, known by its French acronym FIDE, last month accused Freestyle Chess of encroaching on its authority by seeking to brand a Freestyle Chess event as a world championship.

Vincent Keymer was one of D Gukesh’s seconds at the recent World Championship ... Magnus Carlsen put Freestyle Chess vs FIDE controversy to rest; players reach temporary agreement in meeting ...

Forty years ago, one of the longest and most controversial chess matches in history came to an abrupt end. The 1984-85 World Chess Championship ... was stunned when FIDE President Florencio ...

This revolt was triggered by two flashpoints, one being the boring legalese on whether FIDE has control over the word “world” and the other Carlsen getting turfed out of the world rapid chess ...

The bone of contention between Freestyle Chess and FIDE had been over the use of the term “world championship”, which the latter insists it has the sole authority over in the sport of chess. Carlsen, ...

with whom Carlsen has butted heads recently over the Freestyle Chess Tour. The disagreements between Carlsen and FIDE over him wearing jeans at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship in December ...

chess players occupying high positions in the FIDE rating, as well as those who showed the best results in the First League are participating in the championship. In total, 19 national champions, five ...

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh in action against Alireza Firouzja in their seventh-place playoff match in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour event ... fighting spirit that had helped him win the FIDE ...

That questioned was answered by not one but three Americans who won their first individual medals over the last two weeks at the World Championships in Saalbach, Austria. “It’s an absolutely ...

In just a few months, Micah Smith will be heading to Italy to represent Team USA in the World Baton Twirling Championship. Smith has been twirling since she was a young girl; she is now a ...