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