Following a $20 million fundraise, the inaugural U.S. tournament will also introduce a live audience along with “Chesstival” - featuring prominent NBA stars LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Freestyle Chess ...

She sat down to play a former Women’s World Chess Champion in a fast freestyle game — and the danger appeared almost ...

Derrick Rose wants to make the game of chess more appealing to the general public. Derrick Rose is putting his love for chess on full display, hoping to inspire more people to value the game the way ...

PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - Finding chess boring? Try shuffling your pieces on the back rank and you get Chess960, or Freestyle chess, a variant of the game that favours creativity over preparation, ...

Under the bright lights of Wynn Las Vegas’ Lafite Ballroom, eight grandmasters squared off Friday in a first-of-its-kind tournament shaking up the chess world. The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is ...

PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Another world chess title will be up for grabs next month after the launch of the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, expanding the sport’s growing elite ...

NEW DELHI: In his column for The Economist last January, Magnus Carlsen, a five-time World Chess champion and the current World No. 1, penned, "As the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour begins, I look ...

BERLIN — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game. Billed as “Magnus Carlsen ...

Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship on Sunday, defeating American grandmaster ...

Magnus Carlsen has been been of a number of standout moments with younger players in recent editions of the ‘Titled Tuesday’.

Chess legends Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand have revealed their predictions for the upcoming Fide Candidates 2026. The ...