India, Jan. 30 -- The FIDE is currently at war with the Freestyle Chess Players' Club (FCPC), co-owned by Magnus Carlsen. The FIDE officially recognised the FCPC last year in December, but the Carlsen-led body also wants official recognition for a Freestyle World Championship. Meanwhile, FCPC co-owner Jan Heinric Buettner, a German entrepreneur, has also publicly lashed out at FIDE, which has been criticised by the international body's CEO Emil Sutovsky.

In a recent interview with VG, Buettner also revealed that the FIDE was demanding 500,000 dollars for the rights to use the world c'ship title name. He also alleged FIDE of giving a February 3 deadline, which includes a clause that players who compete in a non-FIDE World C'ship, will be ...