Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

The German, who was also one of D Gukesh’s second at the World Chess Championship in Singapore last year, earlier sealed a win against Carlsen in the first game of the semi-finals on Tuesday ...

Viraj Sarawgi, a Grade 5 student from Assam, secured a silver medal in the Under-12 category at the Bangkok Rapid Chess Championship, defeating two seasoned FIDE-rated opponents. Despite entering ...

The eSports World Cup will happen between July 31 and August 3, where the world's top chess players will be ... face Dommaraju Gukesh in the next world championship. He missed out narrowly to ...

D Gukesh finished the round robin stage of the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour event in Weissenhauss ... who was one of his seconds for the world championship match against Ding Liren last year.

Excerpts: Q. Let's start with the Norway Chess lineup, how are you seeing it this time? I was surprised when I got to know the list because it has the top five players in the world and me.

World Champion D Gukesh began his campaign at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour with three draws and a lone loss, signalling that he is gradually coming to terms with the new format. R ...

Vincent Keymer will fac Fabiano Caruana in the Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus final. Image: Vincent Keymer on X Vincent Keymer was a relieved man after beating world No.1 Magnus Carlsen and reaching the ...

The Norwegian grandmaster recently made waves when he backed out of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after being approached and told he would be fined for his choice of ...

LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets for the 42nd running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, April 23, with the event ...

During the World Chess Championship against the reigning world champion Ding Liren, Magnus Carlsen had said he was not impressed with Gukesh. Carlsen has criticised Gukesh’s clock handling, and the ...

as is to be expected in a freestyle chess game with players only learning their opening position 15 minutes before the game starts. On top of that, there is no second time control like there is in ...