How Jan Henric Buettner, the Kerry Packer of chess, made a ‘boring’ game exciting
The term ‘Freestyle Chess’ was born because Jan Henric Buettner felt that Fischer Random 960, the original version, sounded ...
How good is Scrabble’s GOAT? He wins in languages he can’t speak.
With an encyclopedic memory, Nigel Richards conquered the game in English before moving on to French and Spanish. Just don’t ...
D Gukesh bows out of Freestyle Grand Slam chess after loss to Fabiano Caruana
World champion D Gukesh exited the Freestyle Grand Slam Chess after his second quarterfinal loss to Fabiano Caruana in ...
World Champion D Gukesh Bows Out Of Freestyle Grand Slam Chess After Loss To Fabiano Caruana
Having lost the first game with white pieces, World champion D Gukesh did not last long against the American Grandmaster in a ...
Freestyle Grand Slam: Gukesh eyes comeback against Caruana after shock loss
World champion D Gukesh will have his task cut out as he looks to stage a comeback against Fabiano Caruana of the USA in the Freestyle Grand Slam chess tournament here.
D Gukesh Begins Moderately In Freestyle Chess Grand Slam
A brainchild of World’s number one Magnus Carlsen and German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, the freestyle chess event ...
Over the Net: How to play against the dreaded pusher opponent
Every sport has its fundamentals. Football: establish your running game. Baseball: you must have pitching for all nine innings. And tennis? It’s really quite simple: get the ball over the ...
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann: ‘I’m a soldier at war’
The American grandmaster Hans Niemann had not left his apartment for four days before our lunch on a cold afternoon in the ...
Report: Kyle Kuzma, Sims to Bucks; Wizards Land Middleton in 3-Team Trade with Knicks
In their desperate attempt to upgrade the roster before the trade deadline, the Milwaukee Bucks are acquiring Kyle Kuzma from the Washington Wizards in ...