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‘I woke my poor wife and said…’ Magnus Carlsen’s trainer Peter Heine Nielsen recalls infamous ‘jeansgate’ scandal – Firstpost

Magnus Carlsen’s infamous ‘jeansgate’ scandal at the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Championships in New York led to his withdrawal from the Rapid tournament....

‘He was trying to do a little bit too much’ – Firstpost

D Gukesh endured a disappointing defeat against Magnus Carlsen at the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Weissenhaus. His decision to push for...

Players, format, schedule and all you need to know – Firstpost

As the revolutionary Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 gets underway on 7 February, we take a look at the players competing in the tournament....

FIDE confirms feud with Freestyle Chess is over as Grand Slam Tour removes ‘World Championship’ from regulations – Firstpost

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced on Tuesday that the sport’s governing body feud with Freestyle Tour has ended. FIDE confirmed that the term...

Hans Niemann calls Magnus Carlsen ‘coward and arrogant’ amid FIDE vs Freestyle Chess battle, Anish Giri weighs in – Firstpost

Magnus Carlsen was labelled a ‘coward, arrogant, and entitled’ by American chess Grandmaster Hans Niemann over Carlsen’s attack on FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich, demanding...

‘A true World Championship must be inclusive…’ – Firstpost

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) reiterated that no agreement between the sport’s global body and the Freestyle Chess Tour had been reached regarding the...

‘Monetary gain is the primary driver’ – Firstpost

In an open letter to FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky, co-founder of Freestyle Chess Operations and German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner has also questioned the...

‘It did not work for Fischer and Kasparov’ – Firstpost

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has responded to Magnus Carlsen’s bold suggestion that he is bigger than the organization. Referencing former champions Bobby Fischer...

‘Conveniently forget to mention’ – Firstpost

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky has called out Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura for spreading a ‘misleading’ narrative that the International Chess Federation is ’threatening’...

Chess: Deadlock between FIDE and Freestyle Chess Tour breaks; Tour deletes world championship title | Chess News

Days after talks between FIDE and Freestyle Chess Tour collapsed over the use of the title world championship in the tour’s title, the world...

FIDE and freestyle chess organisers close to amicable agreement after 2-month-long dispute

The prospect of ‘war’ that was looming over the world of chess seems to be easing up as the organisers of Freestyle Chess Grand...

‘Regulations must apply equally’ – Firstpost

Chinese chess star Zhu Jiner has critcised FIDE for ‘distracting’ and ’negatively’ impacting her game during the 2024 Women’s World Blitz Championship with an...

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