French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wins the 2019 Paris Grand Chess Tour
The Paris Grand Chess Tour has finally come
to an end with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave emerging as the winner. The French chess
player who was...
The August FIDE Ratings are Out With Few Changes in Top Ten Ranking for...
IM Balogun Oluwafemi tops August FIDE ratings with 2289 and getting very close to reach milestone 2300 rating. Balogun Oluwafemi reached...
GM Praggnanandhaa wins Xtracon Open 2019 and his sister Vaishali makes her maiden GM...
The Indian 13-year-old Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa started out Xtracon Open 2019 as the 21st seed, scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 at a performance...
FIDE Approves the Women’s Grand Prix Series 2019-2020
With the recently completed FIDE Grand Prix Series in Riga, the International Chess Federation has set a date for the Women’s Grand...
GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and WGM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat Wins the Men’s and Women’s Zone...
GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and WGM
Khademalsharieh Sarasadat, both of Iran, won the Men’s and Women’s Zone 3.1
Zonal Championships, respectively, organized by the...
First-Ever Trainers’ and Arbiters’ seminars to be organized in Kabul Afghanistan on August 1st-3rd
On July 23rd, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich met with Dr. Latif Bahand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan...
Asian Chess Federation in Collaboration With the International Chess Federation Starts a Chess Training...
Under the supervision of FIDE and the Asian Chess Federation, Asia Chess Academy has started a program to qualify chess trainers among refugees in Jordan. ...
Azerbaijani Chess Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Wins the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga
And the moment we have all been waiting
for…….
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov stands as the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix...
The International Chess Federation Releases Names of Qualifiers for the 2019 Chess World Cup
FIDE publishes the list of players qualified for the World Cup 2019. The Chess World Cup 2019 is a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from...
Grandmaster Antoaneta Stefanova Takes the Lead in the 100th Anniversary Chess Festival Celebrated in...
This year's celebration was a very festive one as the chess players are celebrated the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the first...
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45th Chess Olympiad Round 4: Ukraine Upsets USA, Vietnam Defeats Uzbekistan
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
The fourth round of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest delivered excitement as Ukraine stunned the...
Rising Star Deborah Quickpen Debuts at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
In an inspiring turn of events at the Chess Olympiad, Nigeria’s chess prodigy, 12-year-old Deborah Quickpen,...