Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov end the day occupying the top two slots. D Gukesh had previously participated at the Freestyle Chess GOAT Challenge in February last year. Image credit: ...

The bone of contention is a five-round Freestyle Chess ... neither efforts to challenge the establishment stood the test of time. The viral photo of Carlsen walking out in a huff from the venue of ...

thereby creating the very division of the chess world that they claim to oppose. Freestyle will challenge this overreach in the appropriate courts.It has become clear that further negotiations are ...

World champion D Gukesh finished eighth at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after losing to Alireza Firouzja in their seventh-place playoff match. Despite drawing the first game, Gukesh lost the ...

Organiser Jan Buettner and 12 Freestyle Chess Players Club members decided ... as we have always called our events ‘G.O.A.T. Challenge’ or ‘Grand Slam,’” Buettner said.

World Champion D Gukesh began his campaign at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour with three draws and a lone loss, signalling that he is gradually coming to terms with the new format. A ...

Freestyle Chess, created by German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner and endorsed by Magnus Carlsen, introduces excitement into chess with randomised starting positions and faster gameplay.

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 ...

Photograph: Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025/Instagram World champion D Gukesh will take on Fabiano Caruana of the United States in the two-game quarter-final after the latter picked the ...

PARIS : Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus Carlsen have called on International Chess Federation (FIDE) president Arkady Dvorkovich to resign after ...

Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess player since 2010, will take a seat in Weissenhaus, Germany, to compete in freestyle chess, previously known as Chess960 and Fischer Random. The starting ...