Top-level players like Magnus Carlsen are pivoting to "fresher" formats such as freestyle chess. Read more at ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen stirred the pot by declaring faster chess formats the "pure sport", criticising classical ...

"It's still got a special place, the World Championship," GM David Howell, now a commentator for the World Championship on ...

When the CEO says regular chess, he's talking about the most common time controls -- Classical, Rapid and Blitz. The variants include the likes of Fischer-Random (known as chess960).

Magnus Carlsen, a five-time world champion, has criticised the classical chess format, saying that the rapid format is “pure ...

Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has made history by becoming the youngest chess world champion after defeating defending ...

The 18-year-old Indian will face two former world champions: Magnus Carlsen and his idol, Viswanathan Anand. Gukesh clinched ...

Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen says faster chess is pure sport while classical chess becomes more like science, art ...

As the chess world continues to debate the place of classical and rapid formats, D Gukesh's historic win has sparked debate ...

The five-time world champion hit out at Gukesh once again, but this time indirectly, calling the classical chess ... re able to handle both faster chess and freestyle, you have covered a lot ...