D Gukesh reveals ‘the first time’ he met Viswanathan Anand, reveals ‘cool moment in school’ with chess legend
D Gukesh is also in collaboration with WestBridge-Anand Chess Academy. WACA is a partnership between Viswanathan Anand and WestBridge Capital ...
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CHESS CORNER: Find right angles in chess
Freestyle chess is now popular because of the abundance of knowledge about the standard starting position. It randomizes the opening and side-steps memorization by shuffling the pieces on the back ...
Magnus Carlsen puts 'forbidden jeans' from Jeansgate scandal up for auction; price reaches $8,000
Magnus Carlsen is auctioning the ‘forbidden jeans’ that led to the infamous ‘Jeansgate’ scandal at the World Rapid and Blitz ...
Magnus Carlsen’s ‘forbidden jeans can now be yours’, auction bid reaches ₹6.93 lakh
The apparel has been listed as “Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen’s #JeansGate Jeans”, and after 35 bids has reached approximately ₹ 6.93 lakhs. Meanwhile, the listing has also received over 36,000 ...
Two lessons that D Gukesh will have learned from winless Freestyle Chess Tour campaign in Weissenhaus
Two months after being crowned the youngest world champion in chess history, D Gukesh failed to win a single game in the ...
'I woke my poor wife and said...' Magnus Carlsen's trainer Peter Heine Nielsen recalls infamous 'jeansgate' scandal
Magnus Carlsen’s infamous ‘jeansgate’ scandal at the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Championships in New York led to his ...
After coach, D Gukesh gets chess legend's support amid Freestyle Chess struggle: 'It's completely different'
D Gukesh was off to an underwhelming start in the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, failing to win a single game in the ...
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Finding the right angle
What is white’s best move? The lesson this week is that chess is often about finding the right angles. Reach Eric Morrow at ...
Vincent Keymer, 20, defeats world top two Carlsen and Caruana to win $200,000 Freestyle Grand Slam
Vincent Keymer achieved a career-best result last week when the 20-year-old German defeated the world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in ...
Judit Polgar agrees with D Gukesh’s trainer’s ‘different from standard’ explanation after winless Freestyle Chess run
Judit Polgar agreed with D Gukesh's chief trainer's observation that Chess960 is ‘completely different’ from the standard variant.
Magnus Carlsen-Hans Niemann battle takes new turn as Freestyle Chess confirms latter's inclusion
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour sponsor Jan Henric Buettner has revealed he didn’t seek Magnus Carlsen’s approval before ...