Jan Henric Buettner felt watching chess looked ‘incredibly boring’, so he tried to make it exciting with freestyle variant
The term ‘Freestyle Chess’ was born because Jan Henric Buettner felt that Fischer Random 960, the original version, sounded ...
Freestyle Chess' Jan Buettner accuses FIDE of demanding $500,000 amid dispute: 'Monetary gain is the primary driver'
In an open letter to FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky, German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner has also questioned the chess governing ...
Freestyle Chess co-founder reveals why Viswanathan Anand quit Grand Slam Tour: 'He chose to become...'
Henric Buettner, co-founder of Freestyle Chess Operations, has revealed the reason behind Viswanathan Anand’s withdrawal from ...
Buettner alleges FIDE driven by monetary interests, calls for peace
Calling the collaboration between Freestyle Chess and Fide “increasingly strained”, Buettner claimed that Fide president ...
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Deutscher Multi-Millionär will mit Schach das große Geschäft machen – und legt sich mit dem Weltverband an
Daneben ein See, dahinter plätschert das Meer. Hier, an der schleswig-holsteinischen Ostseeküste, hat Jan Henric Buettner seinen Traum verwirklicht: Auf 75 Hektar hat er das Luxusressort Weissenhaus ...
Chess-Freestyle tour boss, Carlsen call for FIDE president's resignation
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus Carlsen have called on International Chess ...
2025 Grand Slam Tour winner to be titled 'Freestyle Chess Champion'
At a meeting in Weissenhaus on Sunday, the Freestyle Chess Players Club declared the 2025 Grand Slam Tour winner will be ...
No resolution in Fide-Freestyle Chess standoff
Further talks with Fide futile, says Freestyle Chess promoter Jan Buettner; Fide says Freestyle Chess refused to acknowledge ...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam: A New Era in Chess
World Champion D Gukesh starts his journey in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, a new format birthed by Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, with mixed results. Despite controversies with FIDE, the ...
FIDE Vs Freestyle Chess: CEO Sutovsky Questions Scale, Defends Global Body's 'Ecosystem'
Saying that it is "not too difficult to make an exceptional event for 10 people", FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky invoked the ...
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Zusammen mit dem Organisator Jan Henric Buettner plant er eine Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour mit einem Preisgeld von je 200.000 Dollar. Die Fide lehnte die Vergabe eines Weltmeistertitels im ...