Carlsen and Caruana to play Freestyle Chess match in Singapore
Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana are set to compete in an exciting Freestyle Chess match in Singapore, just days before the Classical World Chess Championship between Ding Liren and Dommaraju Gukesh. Organised by Jan-Henric Buettner, the match is part of a broader effort to popularise Freestyle Chess, or chess960, as Buettner’s company prepares for the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam.