A row is brewing in the world of chess – at the center of it are a disgruntled world federation and a chess variant – with millions on the line.

World champion D Gukesh has ended his Freestyle Chess Grand Slam campaign without a single win. His final match ended in defeat against Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game ...

Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess player since 2010, will take a seat in Weissenhaus, Germany, to compete in freestyle ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana defeated D Gukesh in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour quarterfinals at Weissenhaus in Germany ...

World champion D Gukesh bowed out of Freestyle Grand Slam chess after losing his second straight quarterfinal game against ...

Tata Steel Chess champion R Praggnanandhaa won't be competing in Germany for the first round of the Freestyle Tour.

Finishing eighth among 10 participants, Gukesh just about made it to the knockout stage edging out Vladimir Fedoseev of ...

World champion D Gukesh will take on Fabiano Caruana of the United States in the two-game quarter-final after the latter ...

Carlsen and Gukesh will face-off in round nine of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour at Weissenhaus in Germany on Saturday.

Having lost the first game with white pieces, World champion D Gukesh did not last long against the American Grandmaster in a ...

World champion D Gukesh was eliminated from the Freestyle Grand Slam chess tournament on Monday after suffering a second ...