Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

Magnus Carlsen joins Team Liquid for the 2025 Esports World Cup, continuing his rift with FIDE. Chess' inclusion in esports ...

Chess is seeing a massive influx of attention in the esports world, and a string of organizations are signing talented players ahead of the 2025 Esports World C ...

Chess rebel Magnus Carlsen’s feud with FIDE reaches boiling point. A chess GM reveals why the World No. 1 is ‘bigger than the ...

The world of chess has gotten caught in a major tug-of-war between the freestyle chess of Magnus Carlsen and the classical chess of FIDE. This battle could redefine chess's future, splitting focus ...

FIDE and Freestyle Chess had reached a truce before the opening event of the latter’s inaugural Grand Slam Tour got underway in Weissenhaus, Germany. That, however, did not stop world No 1 Magnus ...

Welcome to Team Liquid.” The reference is a dig at FIDE, the global governing body for chess, with whom Carlsen has butted heads recently over the Freestyle Chess Tour. The disagreements between ...

Image credit: Reuters/Samay Raina American chess star and popular streamer Hikaru Nakamura will be among those in action at the FIDE World Cup that will be taking place in India later this year, and ...