India, Feb. 2 -- D Gukesh has an action-packed calendar for 2025, and is currently participating at the Tata Steel Masters. He is in sole lead in Wijk aan Zee, and after this tournament, he will travel to Weissenhaus to participate at the first leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour. The Freestyle Chess Players Club, which Gukesh is a part of, is currently at war with FIDE, and also received a massive setback in the form of Viswanathan Anand pulling out. Anand is FIDE Deputy President of the international world chess body.

In an interview with The Indian Express, Freestyle Chess co-owner Jan Henric Buettner informed fans that Gukesh won't be following Anand in withdrawing from the upcoming leg in Germany.

"I'm in very good communica...