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Dommaraju Gukesh creates history in the world of chess. Becomes the world championship challenger at the age of 17.

Dommaraju Gukesh creates history in the world of chess.  Becomes the world championship challenger at the age of 17.

Gukesh won the candidates tournament  which is the final path to challenge the world champion at the age of 17.  The youngest ever to win a candidates tournament, Gukesh will now challenge Ding L

QATAR MASTERS 2023

This year the Qatar Masters Open was held from 11th October 2023 to 20th October 2023.  158 players took part in the masters open with GM Magnus Carlsen with a rating of 2839 was the top seed.   He was followed by GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Anish Giri.

Magnus Carlsen  had suffered a shocking defeat  at the

World Womes Chess Championship

Lei, Tingjie takes lead over reigning champion Ju Wenjun at the end of the 5th game of the World Womens Chess Championship 2023 being held at Shangai and Chongqing, China.

Lei playing with white pieces opted for the Italian defence instead of Ruy Lopez which she played in the previous two games.  Lei took slight advantag

DING LIREN BECOMES THE NEW WORLD CHESS CHAMPION

Ding Liren of China clinched the World Chess Championship 2023 held at Astana, Kazakhstan.  He defeated Ian Nepominacthtchi of Russia and took the title.  

In a 14 game match, the score was leveled at 7-7 and 4 tie break games of 25 minutes with 10 seconds increment were played on 30th of April 2023.  With 3 games ended in d

42nd NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

The 42nd National Team Championship  was held from 10th February to 16th February 2023 along with 20th National Team Championship for women at Dr.Mahalingam College of  Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

30 teams took part in the open section while 14 teams took part in the women’s s

Asian Junior Chess Championship 2022

International Master G B Harshavardhan maintained his  sole lead  with 6.5 points at the end of the 8th and penultimate round of the Asian Juniors   Chess Championship held at Tagatay City, Philippines.  

In the eighth round he defeated Eric Labog Jr of Philippines with Harshavardhan playing with black pie

World Team Championship 2022

India beat France in the Quarter Finals of the World Team Championship and moved on the Semi Finals and will face Uzbekistan in the World Team Championship being held at Jerusalem, Israel.

In game 1 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and S L Narayanan scored fine victories over Maxime Vachier Lagrave and Laurent Fressinet respectively wi

World Team Championship 2022

India were placed third in group B  at the end of the 2nd Round of the World Team Chess Championship being held at Jerusalem, Israel.

Azerbaijan is leading the Group B after winning the first round against Uzbekistan by 2.5 – 1.5.   Shakriyar Mamedyarov and Rauf Mamedov scored their wins against  Nodirbe

European Women's Championship 2022

Monika Socko of Poland won the European Women’s Championship 2022 for the 8th time .   She scored  8.5  points out of 11 without losing a single game. Seeded 7th Monika defeated compatriot WGM Jolanta Zawadzka and took half point lead in Round 5.  

In Round 8 Monika defeated joint leader IM Mammadzad

CANDIDATES 2022

All the four games ended in a draw in the 3rd round of the Candidates tournament 2022.   The winner of the tournament will challenge the World Champion Magnus Carlsen for the world title.

The time control for this double round robin tournament is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 m

13th Dolomiti International Chess Festival Group A

GM Daniel Dardha, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy and GM Basso Pier Luigi were leading with 5 points at the end of the 7th round of the 13th Dolomiti International Chess Festival Group A tournament held at Italy.

Basso Pier Luigi and Bernadskiy drew their game in 7 moves and Daniel Dardha played an unusual move h4 on the third move aga

13th Dolomiti International Chess Festival Group A

Three players GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy, GM Moroni Luca Jr and GM Basso Pier Luigi shot into lead with 4.5 points at the end of the sixth round of the 13th Dolomiti International Ches

13th Dolomiti International Chess Festival Group A

IM GB Harshavardhan is leading the 13th Dolomiti International Chess Festival Group A tournament  being held in Italy.

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FIDE announces a new format of cooperation with World Chess

FIDE announces that it has reached an agreement with World Chess on a new format of its future cooperation.

According to the Addendum to the Agreement:

— FIDE is recognized as the holder of the rights to all tournaments of the World Championship Cycle, including the Candidates Tournament and the World Championship Match, exce

FIDE PRESIDENT

Mr Arkady Dvorkovich is elected new President of FIDE at the General Assembly in Batumi, Georgia.

Members of the Presidential Ticket of Arkady Dvorkovich are elected into office:

Bachar Kouatly – Deputy President
Sewa Enyonam Fumey – General Secretary
Mahir Mammedov – Vice President
Julio Granda Zuniga

Announcement regarding fake "World Championships"

FIDE has noticed that a private company from Germany, named "Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO)" is advertising events with the misleading name “World Senior Chess Championships” supposed to be held in Crete, Greece in October 2018. These events do not have any official recognition from FIDE. Furthermore, the above mentioned private compa

Interview with the FIDE Administrative Manger Polina Tsedenova

Interview with the FIDE Administrative Manager Polina Tsedenova

By Anastasiya Karlovich



The 1st of July 2017 marks 20th year with FIDE for the FIDE Administrative Manager Polina Tsedenova. Her colleagues would like to congratulate her on the anniversary and send her warm wishes.

Polina, you have been working in FIDE f

America's Most Talented Juniors Challenge the World to a Chess Match

America's Most Talented Juniors Challenge the World to a Chess Match

Five

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