Following a $20 million fundraise, the inaugural U.S. tournament will also introduce a live audience along with “Chesstival” - featuring prominent NBA stars LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Freestyle Chess ...

PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Another world chess title will be up for grabs next month after the launch of the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, expanding the sport’s growing elite ...

It could be the unpredictability of the starts in Chess 960, or just the fact that Carlsen needed to stamp his territory in a ...

PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - Finding chess boring? Try shuffling your pieces on the back rank and you get Chess960, or Freestyle chess, a variant of the game that favours creativity over preparation, ...

Carlsen admitted that he knew the third game was over, and that defeat was inevitable, but kept fighting regardless. It turned out to be the prudent choice.

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, who had won the inaugural Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour last year, defeated Nodirbek ...

BERLIN — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game. Billed as “Magnus Carlsen ...

Derrick Rose wants to make the game of chess more appealing to the general public. Derrick Rose is putting his love for chess on full display, hoping to inspire more people to value the game the way ...

NEW DELHI: In his column for The Economist last January, Magnus Carlsen, a five-time World Chess champion and the current World No. 1, penned, "As the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour begins, I look ...

Magnus Carlsen recently won the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship in Germany, defeating Fabiano Caruana 2.5-1.5 in the final to claim his 21st world title.

Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen Is Forced Into a Draw in a Showdown Against ‘The World’ BERLIN (AP) — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 ...