It was later renamed Freestyle Chess, and an eight-player Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge was created, which was the first major Chess960 tournament that used classical chess time controls.

The third edition of the Chennai Grand Masters, India’s strongest Classical tournament, gets underway in Chennai on Wednesday ...

In classical chess, preparations are focused on analysing particular lines in more detail than they would for the faster time controls.

Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand are set to face each other in an exhibition Chess960 match in October this year, in St.