With two distinct sets of chess enthusiasts emerging -- one supporting freestyle and the other the showing loyality to ...

Unfazed by the evolving chess landscape, reigning world champion D Gukesh is open to compete in all formats but asserted that while freestyle chess brings excitement, the classical chess, with its ...

Indian chess champion D Gukesh has shared his views on freestyle chess, calling it exciting but asserting that classical ...

World chess champion D Gukesh stands firm on the importance of classical chess despite the rise of freestyle formats. While ...

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, and Gukesh are among the top 12 GMs who have confirmed participation for the Paris leg boasting a ...

D Gukesh visited the Tirupati Balaji temple located on Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, where he tonsured his head and donated his hair as an offering to the Hindu deity Venkateswara, seeking divine ...

Gukesh acknowledged that these are “exciting” times for Indian chess, especially with the successes both the men’s and ...

Kolkata: He is the chess world champion at 18 but D Gukesh says there is a lot left to achieve before comparisons with former ...

Current chess world champion D Gukesh opened up about his parents’ struggles before his success, revealing that they had to depend on the generosity of friends to support his international tournament ...

Gukesh was recently in action at the Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam event, where he endured a winless run and ...

D Gukesh ended in eighth position after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh-place playoff match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. World ...

With two distinct sets of chess enthusiasts emerging -- one supporting freestyle and the other the showing loyality to classical -- concerns have been raised about a potential split in the sport.