In an open letter to FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky, German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner has also questioned the chess governing ...

Freestyle Chess head Jan Henric Buettner recently gave interviews to Norwegian media calling FIDE "stupid" and saying they ...

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has responded to Magnus Carlsen’s bold suggestion that he is bigger than the organization.

FIDE director general Emil Sutovsky responded to Magnus Carlsen and leaders of his Freestyle Chess venture in a heated social ...

Magnus Carlsen criticised FIDE after co-founding Freestyle Chess Players Club with Jan Henric Beuttner, which led to a ...

Henric Buettner wrote: "FIDE's recent actions, such as threatening players with sanctions and demanding they sign agreements ...

In an interview with VG recently, FCPC co-owner Buettner, who is a German entrepreneur, lashed out at FIDE and alleged that ...

FIDE CEO discusses World Junior Chess Championship, Magnus Carlsen controversy, India's chess progress, and chess in the ...

Viswanathan Anand has decided to pull out of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, amid the ongoing war between FCPC and FIDE.

FIDE’s CEO Emil Sutovsky responded with a statement on social media platform X, calling that claim a “lie.” “We were happy to cooperate (as we cooperate with Grand Chess Tour, for example), to align ...

The reigning Blitz champion was not technically banned from the tournament and could have continued the following day, Emil Sutovsky, the CEO of FIDE, clarified in a statement on X (formerly known as ...