Gukesh and the Freestyle chess conundrum
The world champion went winless at a recent event, in a format he looked out of depth. Trainer Gajewski says they’re debating ...
Chess and the dispute over 'freestyle'
A row is brewing in the world of chess – at the center of it are a disgruntled world federation and a chess variant – with ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
Why Gukesh’s winless run at Weissenhaus in Freestyle Chess is nothing to worry about
Freestyle chess demands that Gukesh fights the habit of calculation and preparation, something he has aced while becoming ...
Two lessons that D Gukesh will have learned from winless Freestyle Chess Tour campaign in Weissenhaus
Two months after being crowned the youngest world champion in chess history, D Gukesh failed to win a single game in the ...
Why freestyle chess is tougher for older players even though players don’t spend hours training before games
The last few days have been rough on Nakamura who won the Fisher Random World Championship in 2022, when FIDE organised the ...
‘Magnus Carlsen does not like it, but he accepts’: Freestyle Chess confirm Hans Niemann’s inclusion, other GMs in favour
Also, other members of the FCPC, including Carlsen, are in agreement with Niemann’s inclusion. “Magnus does not like it, but ...
Gukesh loses quarterfinal against Caruana in Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus
While Gukesh is out of the quarterfinal, his time in Weissenhaus still continues, as he will battle for the fifth to eighth ...
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Is freestyle chess improving or impairing the game?
A few days ago, there was an announcement that the world’s highest rated chess player Magnus Carlsen had just defeated the ...
How much D Gukesh took home despite winless run at German Leg of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
World champion D Gukesh finished eighth at the German Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after losing to Alireza Firouzja. Despite a ...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, Weissenhaus 2025: Gukesh loses again to Caruana in second-leg of quarterfinal, to play 5th-8th place playoff
Classical World Champion, India’s D. Gukesh lost the second leg of the quarterfinal match against USA’s Fabiano Caruana in ...
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Bored with chess, world’s top player wants to remake the game
Ten of the world’s top players gathered in a German villa on the Baltic coast this week to play in the first tournament of a new chess circuit, the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, that Carlsen ...