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Multi-time chess world champion and perhaps the most famous player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, has said that he believes the esports style presentation would help the pro chess scene.

PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club ...

After his win in Singapore, chess great Magnus Carlsen had said that classical chess was perhaps the "worst way" to measure a player, adding that rapid chess was perhaps a more "pure" form of chess.

World number 1 Chess player Magnus Carlsen met the current FIDE World Champion D Gukesh on Friday ahead of a much-awaited clash between the two players on 8 February, The Guardian reported.