Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz: Carlsen takes the lead
The seventh leg of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour regular season kicked off today at the National Library in Kolkata, India. Over five days (November 22-26), eight of the world’s top chess players including the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen plus two local wildcards Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna will compete in rapid and […]
2024 World Chess Olympiad Bidding Procedure announcement
FIDE is hereby opening a bidding procedure for the 2024 Chess Olympiad in connection with a bid for the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2022 and the FIDE World Cup 2023. Any federation member of FIDE or any Organiser approved by a national federation may apply for the organisation of the Chess Olympiad. Applicants are invited […]