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

D Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen are currently participating at the first leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced on Tuesday that the sport’s governing body feud with Freestyle Tour has ...

T he ongoing FIDE vs Freestyle Chess controversy has created much furore lately. The first week of February saw FIDE release ...

Saying that it is "not too difficult to make an exceptional event for 10 people", FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky invoked the ...

An unhappy Hikaru Nakamura said that both FIDE and Freestyle Chess ‘acted like children’ amid the conflict between the two ...

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus Carlsen have called on International Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen criticised FIDE after co-founding Freestyle Chess Players Club with Jan Henric Beuttner, which led to a ...

Going into Norway Chess 2025, Lei Tingjie is in good form. The Chinese Grandmaster recently clinched silver at the recently ...

The feud saw FIDE on one side and prominent players such as Magnus Carlsen on the other. Why was the chess world in turmoil ...

Disagreement over right to regulate any 'World Championship' and waiver for players to appear in unsanctioned league ...

In the men's tournament, Shahriyar Mammadyarov, having won both games against Misratdin Iskandarov, reached the final (2:0).