Freestyle Chess Grand Slam players pick 'Freestyle Chess Champion' title, decide to form independent association
The 12 members of the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC) have decided against using term ‘world champion for the winner of ...
Freestyle chess participants including Gukesh to form players’ body
Buettner and 12 Freestyle Chess Players Club members decided that the 2025 Grand Slam Tour winner will be called “Freestyle Chess Champion” ...
Magnus Carlsen targets FIDE again despite truce with Freestyle Chess: ‘Doesn’t have players interest at heart’
FIDE and Freestyle Chess had reached a truce before the opening event of the latter’s inaugural Grand Slam Tour got underway ...
2025 Grand Slam Tour winner to be titled 'Freestyle Chess Champion'
At a meeting in Weissenhaus on Sunday, the Freestyle Chess Players Club declared the 2025 Grand Slam Tour winner will be ...
D Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen put Freestyle Chess vs FIDE controversy to rest; players reach temporary agreement in meeting
D Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen are currently participating at the first leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.
Chess-Freestyle tour boss, Carlsen call for FIDE president's resignation
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus Carlsen have called on International Chess ...
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Chess-Freestyle tour boss, Carlsen call for FIDE president's resignation
Last month, FIDE warned the Freestyle Chess Players Club, which is co-owned by Buettner and Carlsen, that they should not brand the series as a 'World Championship'. Buettner said he negotiated ...
FIDE vs. Freestyle Chess War Erupts: 'No Agreement on World Championship Status', Legal Battle Looms?
FIDE wants to ensure that all players can plan their schedules for 2025. That is why - as a matter of goodwill and to provide ...