Sergey Karyakin, a chess grandmaster born in Crimea — the Ukrainian peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 — has been a vocal supporter for years of Putin’s war. Lately, he has traded his chess ...

A Dutch grandmaster warns Magnus Carlsen about his dominance in freestyle chess, suggesting his rapid mastery could harm the ...

Bengaluru: Vincent Keymer twirled a captured white pawn between his fingers. The 20-year-old German knew it was over. Sitting ...

Bulgarian chess prodigy Ivan Kukushkin has made a bold statement after securing his second victory in as many games against ...

With some of the world’s best players in action, Freestyle Chess has been dominating the conversation so far in 2025, having ...

Magnus Carlsen was proved right as D Gukesh’s Freestyle Chess struggles continued. The India No. 1 had a miserable showing in ...

Magnus Carlsen hated homework and blossomed when he no longer had to go to school. Today, he plays chess according to a new set of rules and is engaged in an ongoing battle with the World Chess ...