Magnus Carlsen has revealed the reason why he loves the freestyle chess format. Carlsen was speaking on the sidelines of the ...

Valentine’s Day combination, as the Norwegian great took himself off the market as the most eligible former world chess ...

First reported by Sheep Esports, Carlsen is reportedly in advanced negotiations stages with Team Liquid. With his record in the game, it is a no-brainer to pick him for EWC 2025. The 34-year-old has ...

World Champion D Gukesh lost to Magnus Carlsen in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, finishing eighth but qualifying for ...

Freestyle chess, by randomising the starting point of the game, destroys this advantage of memory and pattern recognition; it ...

In the other opening quarter-final games, Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer defeat Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Alireza Firouzja ...

Magnus Carlsen questioned the validity of classical chess as a measure of skill, favoring rapid chess. Gukesh acknowledged ...

India’s world No.4 in this interview says the Carlsen-backed format will grow in popularity in the coming years ...

The five-tournament series will unfold through the year, with Paris, New York, New Delhi and Cape Town being the other four ...

Carlsen also used the high jump event at the Tokyo Olympics as his reference, where the gold medal was shared between Italian athlete Gianmarco Tamberi and Qatari Mutaz Barshim. Both athletes decided ...

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

Niemann has been involved in a public feud with Carlsen since the five-time world champion accused his American opponent of ...