Magnus Carlsen questioned the validity of classical chess as a measure of skill, favoring rapid chess. Gukesh acknowledged ...

Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess player since 2010, will take a seat in Weissenhaus, Germany, to compete in freestyle ...

World Champion D Gukesh was off to a disappointing start in the opening event of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, ...

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D Gukesh faces Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the opening round of the Weissenhaus event on Friday while Magnus Carlsen squares off ...

The five-tournament series will unfold through the year, with Paris, New York, New Delhi and Cape Town being the other four ...

Carlsen and Gukesh will face-off in round nine of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour at Weissenhaus in Germany on Saturday.

Carlsen also used the high jump event at the Tokyo Olympics as his reference, where the gold medal was shared between Italian athlete Gianmarco Tamberi and Qatari Mutaz Barshim. Both athletes decided ...

This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat between Carlsen and the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE ...

Hans Niemann continued his war against Magnus Carlsen in a personal attack towards the Norwegian on social media.

Magnus Carlsen has demanded FIDE chief Arkady Dvorkovich resign for "coercion of players, misuse of power and broken promises ...

Carlsen was reacting to FIDE's statement on Monday in which it declared that efforts to work out a consensus with the ...