Reigning world champion D Gukesh would have relished the prospect of taking on world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in front of home ...
Freestyle Chess co-owner Jan Henric Buettner informed fans that D Gukesh won’t be following Viswanathan Anand in withdrawing from the upcoming leg in Germany.
The conflict between the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the organisers of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam could ...
In an open letter to FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky, German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner has also questioned the chess governing ...
Across three days, there have been three one-on-one phone calls between freestyle chess tour promoter Jan Henric Buettner and FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich ...
T he chess world has become like a reality television show since last month, with FIDE at war with Magnus Carlsen’s Freestyle ...
Henric Buettner wrote: "FIDE's recent actions, such as threatening players with sanctions and demanding they sign agreements ...
Freestyle Chess head Jan Henric Buettner recently gave interviews to Norwegian media calling FIDE "stupid" and saying they ...
Magnus Carlsen criticised FIDE after co-founding Freestyle Chess Players Club with Jan Henric Beuttner, which led to a ...