Freestyle chess is now popular because of the abundance of knowledge about the standard starting position. It randomizes the opening and side-steps memorization by shuffling the pieces on the back ...

Magnus Carlsen is no stranger to controversy, and the World No. 1 has been in the middle of it for the past few months. Other ...

What is white’s best move? The lesson this week is that chess is often about finding the right angles. Reach Eric Morrow at ...

Vincent Keymer achieved a career-best result last week when the 20-year-old German defeated the world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in ...

Judit Polgar agreed with D Gukesh's chief trainer's observation that Chess960 is ‘completely different’ from the standard ...

Arjun’s participation has already been confirmed by an official social media post from Freestyle Chess.

Two prominent voices want chess to change. Carlsen, the 34-year-old Norwegian grand master and five-time world champion who ...

Reigning world champion D Gukesh finished at the bottom after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the ...

Carlsen competed in the inaugural Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour opener in Weissenhaus, Germany, finishing third after a ...

D. Gukesh ended in eighth position after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh-place playoff match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam here on Friday.