Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen stirred the pot by declaring faster chess formats the "pure sport", criticising classical chess for being "too forgiving". He argued that rapid and blitz chess better ...

OSLO: Is this the end? Is this the beginning of the end? Is this a new beginning? When Magnus Carlsen walked out of the playing hall on Thursday following yet a ...

After ruling the sport for more than a decade, five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen finds his authority challenged over ...

After suffering a stunning defeat at the Norway Chess to India’s D. Gukesh, the reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen, the world no. 1, said he is considering quitting Classical Chess. Carlsen is ...

Shubman Gill received a Royal Box invitation to Wimbledon 2026. He joined elite Indian captains previously hosted in the ...

Teenage Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa believes players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura gradually moving away from classical chess has to do with the mental and physical exhaustion that ...

GM Magnus Carlsen was defeated by GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in a game of classical chess. What exactly is classical chess? How is it different from the other forms of chess? What is this form ...

D. Gukesh defeated Magnus Carlsen in the Norway Chess event, prompting Carlsen to consider stepping back from classical chess. He expressed dissatisfaction with the format and hinted at future ...

New Delhi: Unfazed by the evolving chess landscape, reigning world champion D Gukesh is open to compete in all formats but asserted that while freestyle chess brings excitement, the classical chess, ...

SINGAPORE – Freestyle chess may be the new kid on the block alongside other popular variants of the game such as rapid or blitz, but International Chess Federation (Fide) chief executive Emil Sutovsky ...

Anna begins the Realton Cup 2025 with a clear goal: she wants to win the tournament, even though she has not played a ...

Imagine being in the middle of tennis's clay-court season, and suddenly you have to switch to grass. Or alternate between Test, ODI, and T20 cricket on a weekly basis. This is the reality facing the ...