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

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A brainchild of World’s number one Magnus Carlsen and German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, the freestyle chess event ...

Indian World champion D Gukesh will try his hand at the event where positions of pieces on the back ranks randomised, and the ...

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam began at Weissenhaus, Germany, featuring a rapid event to decide eight knockout contenders. Indian ...

Gukesh, made his foray in to the format taking a draw with Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan before going down to Alireza ...