The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body ...

Magnus Carlsen, the World No 1 player, and the FIDE have been in a conflict over Freestyle chess tournament for a while now.

The World No. 1 cited lack of motivation, and revealed he preferred tournaments over championship matches. Meanwhile, he also didn’t enter the cycle for the World Chess Championship 2024. After Gukesh ...

FIDE has slammed the Freestyle Chess Players Club, which is co-owned by Magnus Carlsen and counts Viswanathan Anand and D ...

The Freestyle Chess World Championship will kick off next month in Germany with 10 of the top players in the world before legs in Paris, New York, Delhi and Cape Town ...

Fide has warned the Freestyle Chess Players Club - co-owned by Carlsen - not to call its new series a “World Championship”.

After he walked away from the classical Fide World Championship cycle in 2022, Carlsen has been a promoter of Freestyle Chess (chess960), backed by German entrepreneur Jan Buettner. Magnus Carlsen ...

On a recent Friday afternoon, Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player in the world, showed up at the World Rapid Championships, on Wall Street, in New York, wearing a blazer, dress shoes ...

Magnus Carlsen, five-time world chess champion, withdrew from the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Championship after a dispute over his attire. Highlighting dissatisfaction with FIDE, Carlsen's actions ...

FIDE has urged the Freestyle series to refrain from using the "World Championship" designation. The federation has made it ...