NEW DELHI: The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam kicked off at Weissenhaus on Germany’s Baltic coast, with Chess960 taking centre stage on Friday. The tournament, featuring top grandmasters ...

Following the tournament, Gukesh’s coach, Grzegorz Gajewski, came to his defense, addressing concerns about his struggles in the Chess960 format. Recently, American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura ...

Judit Polgar agreed with D Gukesh's chief trainer's observation that Chess960 is ‘completely different’ from the standard variant. Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, was introduced ...