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...
Lipilin Ilia Wins the 3rd Edition of the World Junior Chess Championship for Disabled
The 3rd Edition of the World Junior Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities wraps up with Lipilin Ilia emerging as the winner....
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Gukesh Dommaraju emerges as the Youngest Winner in the 2024 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament
As the FIDE Candidates chess tournament in Toronto ends, Gukesh Dommaraju, at just 17 years old, makes history by becoming the youngest...
Fawole Visits Tunde Onakoya During the Guinness World Record Quest at Times Square, New...
Fawole John Oyeyemi, a 2x Nigeria Chess Champion and FIDE Certified Chess In Education Lecturer, donated his widow's mite and also showed...
Tunde Onakoya Breaks World Record in 60-Hour Chess Marathon
Tunde Onakoya has wonderfully marked a groundbreaking achievement by surpassing the previous world record for the longest chess marathon (56 hours,...