With all the brouhaha in the chess world over Freestyle Chess (Chess 960, Fischer Random, the thing invented by David Bronstein chess), it is worth remembering that it was once held as part of the Doeberl Cup. However it turned out to be less popular than the blitz, so the experiment was not repeated.
I suspect one of the reasons was: Players love Chess960 because their opponent can't rely on opening theory. Players hate Chess960 when they realise they can't rely on opening theory
But if you want to see it played at the top level (although it is missing Wesley So) you can at https://lichess.org/broadcast/freestyle-chess-grand-slam-tour-2025-weissenhaus--round-robin/round-1/SjKjf4b0
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