In a sensational move, Freestyle Chess failed to receive official recognition for a world championship tournament from FIDE, which sent social media into a state of meltdown. What followed was an ...

This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat involving Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE, chess's governing body in the build-up to the ...

So does the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour not have FIDE's blessing? Both parties have pushed their issues aside for the moment, but there's a lot to cover... There's been a long spat between the ...

The first week of February saw the chess world caught up in controversy as the Freestyle Chess Players Club failed to reach ...

Magnus Carlsen is a co-founder of the Freestyle Chess Players' Club (FCPC) and has been in a feud with FIDE for a long time. Image credit: FIDE The International Chess Federation (FIDE) on Tuesday ...

Days after talks between FIDE and Freestyle Chess Tour collapsed over the use of the title world championship in the tour’s title, the world governing body FIDE stated that the organisers of Freestyle ...

Image credit: PTI/Tata Steel Chess Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh Dommaraju were among the biggest gainers in the latest FIDE Circuit 2025 standings after their heroics at the Tata Steel Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen has made it clear that he won’t be playing in the FIDE events anymore and will be focus more on his project Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour. After spending the past two months battling ...

This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat involving Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE, chess's governing body in the build-up to the ...

The chess world continues to be split along battle lines as Norwegian grandmaster and best player in the world Magnus Carlsen's war against organisational body FIDE roars on. With Carlsen now the face ...