Magnus Carlsen had achieved a rating of 2882, the highest in chess history, in May 2014, breaking the record that had ...

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

Vincent Keymer, completes a fairytale triumph in Weissenhaus after beating Fabiano Caruana 1.5-0.5 in the final. D Gukesh, on ...

Speaking at the sidelines of Weissenhaus Freestyle Grand Slam, D Gukesh was asked if he could ever overtake Magnus Carlsen's peak rating.

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

D. Gukesh ended in eighth position after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh-place playoff match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam here on Friday.

In the last game of the round robin stage, Gukesh was handed a defeat by former world champion Magnus Carlsen.

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 ...

Arjun Erigaisi is a FCPC member, and he qualified for the prize money as a non-participating player. He had to meet the Elo ...

World Champion D. Gukesh qualified for the knockout stage in the first event of the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour, despite losing ...

While Gukesh is out of the quarterfinal, his time in Weissenhaus still continues, as he will battle for the fifth to eighth ...