The confusion was regarding the world championship issue and FIDE had issued a waiver to players which stated that they weren’t allowed to participate in a non-recognised world championship. To ease ...

The FCPC received official recognition from the international body just before 2024’s year-ending World Rapid and Blitz Championship. FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky spoke on the Freestyle Chess controversy.

India’s world No.4 in this interview says the Carlsen-backed format will grow in popularity in the coming years ...

PARIS – Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour boss Jan Henric ... Singapore time), to remain eligible for the official Fide World Championship cycle. It added: “This document does not impose new ...

Dommaraju Gukesh, reigning world champion and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen are all set to feature in ... with expulsion from the FIDE Chess World Championship cycle should they ...

The five-tournament series will unfold through the year, with Paris, New York, New Delhi and Cape Town being the other four ...

Magnus Carlsen and D Gukesh set ... format of chess that many predict will be the one to reinvigorate the sport. FIDE have taken issue with the FCGT's positioning as a 'world championship' and ...

Chess has a history ... to award the title of ‘world champion’ to the winner of the Freestyle Tour until next year, a move which protects the participants’ rights to participate in the next cycle of ...