Freestyling in style, Keymer captures Chess960 inaugural event
German GM Martin Keymer was Freestyling in style, successively defeating the world’s two highest-rated players to capture the ...
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Stop applauding the sporadic victories of ‘kings’
The Middle Easterners also came up with ‘shah-mat’ to indicate that the king’s defeat was imminent, which led to westerners ...
A 960° turn in chess: Magnus Carlsen’s freestyle chess takes on FIDE’s rule-bound world
Indian elections' 'resort politics' is paralleled in chess with the introduction of freestyle chess by Magnus Carlsen, ...
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry ...
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Magnus Carlsen braces for secret GM showdown at the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam
Magnus Carlsen readies for a cryptic GM duel at the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. Dive into the high-stakes drama behind ...