3 days ago · GM Magnus Carlsen rules out any cooperation with FIDE and its current administration but insists he is not trying to take down classical chess with his new Freestyle Chess project.. The $750,000 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Weissenhaus will start with a bang at 7 a.m. ET / 1 p.m. CET today, with Carlsen facing world number-two GM Hikaru Nakamura in the first round, and world champion GM Gukesh ...

23 hours ago · World number-one Magnus Carlsen exploited a mistake on move three by GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and went on to play a perfect 23-move game to take the lead in their 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam quarterfinal. There were also wins for GM Vincent Keymer, over GM Alireza Firouzja, and for GM Fabiano Caruana, who won a nerve-wracking time-trouble battle against World Champion Gukesh ...

7 hours ago · World No 1 Magnus Carlsen recently revealed what he loves about Freestyle chess and said that in this format of the game, the middlegame is where things actually happen. Carlsen was speaking on the sidelines of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, with the first leg currently taking place in Weissenhaus, Germany.

2 days ago · GMs Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov lead the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam on 4.5/5 on a day when both took down GM Magnus Carlsen.The defending champion also lost to GM Vladimir Fedoseev, but scored two wins to join the likes of World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and GM Hikaru Nakamura on a perilous 2/5. Two of the 10 players will be eliminated on Saturday, with Fedoseev and ...

Jan 30, 2025 · As the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour begins, I look forward not only to competing but to witnessing how this format reshapes the future of chess. ... Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is ...

In 2025, we will be hosting an unforgettable chess tournament in a class of its own at five exclusive locations around the world. You can already look forward to breathtaking locations and an event of superlatives! The main series begins on the picturesque Baltic coast in Weissenhaus!

Mar 15, 2024 · Only a few weeks after the successful inaugural edition of the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge in Weissenhaus (Germany), Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner are opening up a new chapter in the history of chess.

Magnus Carlsen co-organised the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T Challenge. Freestyle Chess is another name for Chess960, otherwise known as Fischer random chess, a variant of chess where there are 960 different possible starting positions.

4 days ago · Why does Magnus Carlsen prefer Freestyle Chess. In the five-time world champion's eyes, the ability to glance at a position and pick the best move is greater than calculating lines or relying on ...

Jul 25, 2024 · New series with prize money of $1 million per tournament. Freestyle Chess, a groundbreaking new venture founded by Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, announced today that it is raising $12 million in funding from Left Lane Capital.