D Gukesh meets Magnus Carlsen ahead of high-stakes Freestyle Chess 2025 clash today
Magnus Carlsen questioned the validity of classical chess as a measure of skill, favoring rapid chess. Gukesh acknowledged ...
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Magnus Carlsen spills secrets in confession booth, makes bombshell Freestyle Chess claim: ‘I’m thinking what is he…’
The Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam has some interesting features, and one of them is the confession booth. It was visited by Magnus Carlsen. Magnus Carlsen once again proved his GOAT ...
Magnus Carlsen admits fear of losing made him share World Blitz title with Nepomniachtchi: 'My confidence was shaken'
Magnus Carlsen said that he was confident of winning thee World Blitz championship but after Ian Nepomniachtchi made a ...
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Why superstar Magnus Carlsen is playing chess for St. Pauli
Advertisement Magnus Carlsen — the most famous current ... he has been nicknamed ‘the Mozart of Chess’, transforming the image of the sport and generating mainstream coverage.
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Magnus Carlsen highlights D Gukesh’s flaws after Freestyle Chess 2025 win: ‘Took too many chances…’
Due to there being 960 different ways to set up a chessboard, the Fischer random chess is also called chess 960. After his win in Singapore, chess great Magnus Carlsen had said that classical ...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Tour: Gukesh loses to Carlsen; still qualifies for knockouts
D Gukesh finished the round robin stage of the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour event in Weissenhauss ... Significantly, the loss came against Magnus Carlsen, in the first meeting between the two ...
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Freestyle Chess 2025: D Gukesh remains winless; Magnus Carlsen loses thrice as Javokhir Sindarov shines on Day 1
The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam began at Weissenhaus ... while Javokhir Sindarov shined, defeating Magnus Carlsen and securing 4.5/5 points. Fabiano Caruana also advanced, and Carlsen's ...
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Magnus Carlsen responds to match-fixing accusations, uses iconic Tokyo Olympics high jump moment as reference
The latest is the ongoing feud going on between FIDE and Freestyle Chess, and it has reached epic proportions. Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen ... three really high-quality draws ...