Team Liquid Signs Magnus Carlsen to Form Chess Esports Superteam
Team Liquid is making the ultimate power move into the world of professional chess, doubling down on top talent by signing multi-time world champion Magnus Carl ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
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Magnus Carlsen braces for secret GM showdown at the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam
Magnus Carlsen readies for a cryptic GM duel at the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. Dive into the high-stakes drama behind ...
Why freestyle chess is tougher for older players even though players don’t spend hours training before games
The last few days have been rough on Nakamura who won the Fisher Random World Championship in 2022, when FIDE organised the ...
D Gukesh showcases his inner-MS Dhoni, betters Magnus Carlsen’s heart-rate monitor with ice-cool composure
During the first game of his quarter-final defeat, D Gukesh had only under a minute left on his clock, and his heart rate was ...
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On the Chess Circuit
On​ the morning of 18 April 2023, the chess grandmaster Ding Liren was discussing tactics with his coach. He was ...
The birth of Freestyle Chess: How Magnus Carlsen's 'perfect tournament' came into being
Freestyle Chess, created by German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner and endorsed by Magnus Carlsen, introduces excitement ...
Jan Henric Buettner felt watching chess looked ‘incredibly boring’, so he tried to make it exciting with freestyle variant
The term ‘Freestyle Chess’ was born because Jan Henric Buettner felt that Fischer Random 960, the original version, sounded ...
Magnus Carlsen reveals why he loves freestyle chess: 'Middlegame is where things really happen'
Magnus Carlsen has revealed the reason why he loves the freestyle chess format. Carlsen was speaking on the sidelines of the ...
Magnus Carlsen spills secrets in confession booth, makes bombshell Freestyle Chess claim: ‘I’m thinking what is he…’
The Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam has some interesting features, and one of them is the confession booth. It was ...