Carlsen v FIDE row intensifies over Freestyle Chess World Championship
The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body ...
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 ...
Chess-Carlsen v FIDE row intensifies over Freestyle World Championship
The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body ...
Magnus Carlsen in spotlight again as FIDE accuses world No 1 of creating ‘divisions in the chess world’
FIDE has slammed the Freestyle Chess Players Club, which is co-owned by Magnus Carlsen and counts Viswanathan Anand and D ...
Magnus Carlsen Vs FIDE Row: Chess Body Threatens Legal Action Against Freestyle World Championship
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 ...
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Freestyle Chess: Fide slams Carlsen-led Freestyle Chess for causing ‘divisions in the chess world’
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 ...
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What Magnus Carlsen’s Jeans Have to Do with Chess
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 ...
'Unfortunate Consequences, Divisions In Chess World': Magnus Carlsen-led Freestyle Format Warned By FIDE
FIDE has urged the Freestyle series to refrain from using the "World Championship" designation. The federation has made it ...
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Jeans Gambit Declined: The clash of Magnus Carlsen and FIDE
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 ...
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Magnus Carlsen v Fide row intensifies over Freestyle Chess World Championship
PARIS – The ongoing dispute between the International Chess ... world championships in 2019 and 2022, they were played in rapid time control, and 2024’s edition was cancelled. In December ...