C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

Viswanathan Anand has decided to pull out of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, amid the ongoing war between FCPC and FIDE.

Legendary Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand has withdrawn from the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour amid the ongoing dispute between Magnus Carlsen and FIDE. Anand’s decision comes as tensions rise ...

T he chess world has become like a reality television show since last month, with FIDE at war with Magnus Carlsen’s Freestyle ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

Viswanathan Anand’s absence means that fans will not get a chance to witness the much-awaited match between the Indian legend ...

FIDE director general Emil Sutovsky responded to Magnus Carlsen and leaders of his Freestyle Chess venture in a heated social ...

The much-anticipated match between world champion Viswanathan Anand and his protege D Gukesh at the Freestyle Chess Grand ...

The organisers of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour had named Anand as one of the 10 players in the field at the ...