A 960° turn in chess: Magnus Carlsen’s freestyle chess takes on FIDE’s rule-bound world
Indian elections' 'resort politics' is paralleled in chess with the introduction of freestyle chess by Magnus Carlsen, challenging FIDE's classical format. This shift draws support due to the heavy ...
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...
Chess and the dispute over 'freestyle'
A row is brewing in the world of chess – at the center of it are a disgruntled world federation and a chess variant – with ...