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Freestyle Chess debuts with $12M in funding for tournament series
Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner announced their new Freestyle Chess venture, with which they plan to start a new tournament series.
The new event series features nine Super Grand Masters picked by Carlsen from the 25 members of the Freestyle Chess Players Club for each tournament. Carlsen said in a statement, “Chess needs to evolve into a more dynamic and captivating spectacle, one that allows players to showcase their skills from the first move. Harley Miller, Left Lane CEO and managing partner, said in a statement, “Any time you have the best athletes in the world competing at the absolute highest standard of play, coupled with more avant garde storytelling and showmanship, you inherently will build something of great consequence.
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