Following a $20 million fundraise, the inaugural U.S. tournament will also introduce a live audience along with "Chesstival" - featuring prominent NBA stars LAS VEGAS, June 03, 2025--(BUSINESS ...

Dommaraju Gukesh, reigning world champion and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen are all set to feature in the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour, beginning on February 7th in Weissenhaus, Germany. This ...

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 the ...

She sits down with Alexandra Kosteniuk, a former Women’s World Chess Champion, during the Freestyle World Chess Championship ...

The former World Junior Champion Pranav joins Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Vincent Keymer in ...

World champion Dommaraju Gukesh saw his bid to win the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Weissenhaus, Germany come to an end with a quarterfinal loss to Fabiano Caruna. Having lost game 1 of the ...

With just over a month to go until the event, scheduled for 13-15 February, excitement is building. FIDE and Freestyle Chess have signed a cooperation agreement, and this will also be the first time ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated world number one Magnus Carlsen in the first game of their freestyle chess match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Las Vegas. According to Chess.com, ...

Bengaluru: Freestyle Chess has been a simmering issue between the world chess governing body, Fide, and the game’s most successful player, Magnus Carlsen, for a while now. After he walked away from ...

Bengaluru: The deadlock between Fide and promoters of Freestyle Chess (Fischer Random) continues with negotiations failing and no resolution in sight. In an open letter to Fide on Monday Freestyle ...