INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CHESS CHALLENGE 2019
The International Youth Chess Challenge was organized by the Judit Polgar Chess Foundation for the first time in Budapest as a pre-event of the 5th...
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...
Jeffery Xiong Advances to the Quarterfinals of the 2019 Fide World Cup
Jeffery Xiong is through to the quarterfinals at the 2019 FIDE World Cup, defeating Jan-Krzysztof Duda Sunday in the third round of...
FIDE Workshop: Event operational planning tools
On Monday and Tuesday (April 13-14), FIDE Competitions Director Maxim Korshunov will be offering a lecture aimed at tournament organizers.
Maxim...
Confederation Cup for Disabled People kicks off in Ankara Turkey
FIDE Confederation Cup for the Disabled People officially started on December 09 with the opening ceremony in the capital of Turkey. The...
Tatjana Lematschko Passes Away
It is with great sadness we learned about WGM Tatjana Lematschko’s passing away in Zurich on May 17.
Lematschko was...
World Senior Championship is on the home stretch
With just three rounds to go, the World Senior Chess Championship in Bucharest, Romania, is on the home stretch.
Praggnanandhaa Becomes the Youngest Indian to Cross 2600 Elo Ever and Second Youngest in...
On 4th of May 2019, Nihal Sarin had become the youngest Indian to cross 2600 at the age of 14 years and 10...
Unibet enters Historic Sponsorship with Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen
Unibet, Kindred Group’s global sports betting brand, enters a two-year commercial sponsorship with the chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen making Unibet Carlsen’s...
Evgeny Tomashevsky and Olga Girya become the new Russian Champions
The Super finals of
the 72nd Russian Championship and the 69th Russian Women's Championship
finished in Izhevsk on August 22. Both events were 11-round...
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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,...