Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is set to introduce shorter time controls and a condensed five-day format in the next event.

Next event will see 45-minute games with a 10-second increment per move rather than a 90-minute game with 30-second increment ...

Hamburg entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner only has one word: Mega! Buettner has been making a name for himself as a sponsor and investor in the chess scene for a good year now. He has invited the ...

Chess world champion D Gukesh endured a poor outing in the first leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, finishing the tournament winless. However, this hasn’t dampened his appetite to ...

signalling that he is gradually coming to terms with the new format.A brainchild of World’s number one Magnus Carlsen and ...