Freestyle chess is now popular because of the abundance of knowledge about the standard starting position. It randomizes the opening and side-steps memorization by shuffling the pieces on the back ...

German GM Martin Keymer was Freestyling in style, successively defeating the world’s two highest-rated players to capture the ...

Freestyle chess demands that Gukesh fights the habit of calculation and preparation, something he has aced while becoming ...

D Gukesh was off to an underwhelming start in the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, failing to win a single game in the ...

What is white’s best move? The lesson this week is that chess is often about finding the right angles. Reach Eric Morrow at ...

Vincent Keymer achieved a career-best result last week when the 20-year-old German defeated the world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in ...

Judit Polgar agreed with D Gukesh's chief trainer's observation that Chess960 is ‘completely different’ from the standard variant.

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour sponsor Jan Henric Buettner has revealed he didn’t seek Magnus Carlsen’s approval before ...

Arjun’s participation has already been confirmed by an official social media post from Freestyle Chess.

World champion D Gukesh finished last after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their ...

Two prominent voices want chess to change. Carlsen, the 34-year-old Norwegian grand master and five-time world champion who ...

Gukesh thus concluded his forgettable campaign in the tournament at Weissenhaus resort without a single win. After a lost battle that ended in a draw on the first day, the ball was in Gukesh's court ...