Freestyle Chess' Jan Buettner accuses FIDE of demanding $500,000 amid dispute: 'Monetary gain is the primary driver'
In an open letter to FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky, German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner has also questioned the chess governing ...
Plane crashes in sports have devastated pro teams and college programs
The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the ...
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Can Magnus Carlsen convince people to watch chess?
C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...
Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa's ‘ridiculous’ Feb 3 FIDE deadline revealed; Anand decides: ‘Don’t think anyone will sign this’
T he chess world has become like a reality television show since last month, with FIDE at war with Magnus Carlsen’s Freestyle ...
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Magnus Carlsen on why the future of chess lies in freestyle
Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.