The Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge 2024 is an over-the-board Chess960 tournament conceptualised by 59-year-old Hamburg-born entrepreneur and chess fan Jan Henric Buettner, featuring eight of ...

The challenge wasn’t the games, which often stretch for hours. I enjoy the length of time allowed under the rules. My title defence in 2018 against Fabiano Caruana, for instance, pushed us, over ...

The inaugural edition of the Freestyle Chess GOAT challenge was won by Carlsen who is a co-collaborator. He seemed to have a serious interest in the format of the tournament– chess960 (Fischer ...