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Magnus Carlsen on why the future of chess lies in freestyle
Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.
D Gukesh: 'I might've drifted a bit here and there after World Chess Championship win'
D Gukesh has admitted that handling the success of winning the World Chess Championship has been difficult, but he has stayed ...
Explained: The FIDE vs Magnus Carlsen controversy and what is freestyle chess
Magnus Carlsen, the World No 1 player, and the FIDE have been in a conflict over Freestyle chess tournament for a while now.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen drops three-word bombshell on FIDE after Freestyle Chess open letter
Magnus Carlsen criticised FIDE after co-founding Freestyle Chess Players Club with Jan Henric Beuttner, which led to a ...
Magnus Carlsen accepts D Gukesh’s World Chess C’ship challenge in cryptic statement, remarks ‘Maybe one last time…’
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 ...
Carlsen delivers three-word verdict as Freestyle Chess responds to FIDE row: 'Strive for greatness'
Magnus Carlsen has once again it back at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) after Freestyle Chess co-founder Jan ...
World chess federation reacts to Carlsen's 'I am bigger than FIDE' reaction: 'It did not work for Fischer and Kasparov'
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has responded to Magnus Carlsen’s bold suggestion that he is bigger than the organization.
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D Gukesh proves Carlsen wrong again, pulls off great escape against Nodirbek
The India No. 1 showed great composure to secure a draw that seemed improbable in round six of Tata Steel Masters.
FIDE slams Magnus Carlsen for 'misleading' claims about threatening players: 'Conveniently forget to mention'
FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky has called out Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura for spreading a ‘misleading’ narrative that the ...
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Spectacular failure: Carlsen slams Gukesh strategy at Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025
Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen slammed the strategy of World Champion and India's grand master D Gukesh after he ...
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Can Magnus Carlsen convince people to watch chess?
C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...