Grand Prix Jerusalem: Wei Yi and Ian Nepomniachtchi meet in the final
Wei Yi outplayed David Navara on the tie-break and advanced to the final of the FIDE Grand Prix, organized by World Chess. Wei Yi and Ian Nepomniachtchi will meet in the final in Jerusalem, which will determine who will get a spot in the Candidates tournament. Ironically, the finalists have different motivations in this match – Ian Nepomniachtchi fights […]
Shtembuliak and Zhukova win Ukrainian Championship
The Ukrainian men’s and women’s championships 2019 are in the books. The round-robin tournaments with 10 participants in each were held simultaneously in Lutsk in Ukraine Hotel, December 9-19. Although some of the best players were missing, the line-ups, especially in the men’s event, were still very strong. Both tournaments were closely contested and produced many exciting […]
Call for expression of interest for arbiters at the 44th Chess Olympiad 2020
The 44th Chess Olympiad will take place from the 5th to the 18th of August 2020 in Moscow, Russia. The FIDE Arbiter Commission is opening a call of interest to licensed arbiters (FIDE Arbiter or International Arbiter) who wish to be part of the arbiter team during the Olympiad. If you are interested, please send […]
Chess for seniors: Players’ satisfaction taken seriously!
Chess for seniors: Players’ satisfaction taken seriously! Just like for the World Championship for Senior Teams in Rhodes last April, the FIDE Director for senior chess, IM Jan Rooze, has carried out a satisfaction survey for players during the latest Senior World Championship in Bucharest, which took place in November. Actually, as many as 251 participants (69% […]
King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships: Preliminary list of participants
Dear participants, The opening ceremony of the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships will take place on December 25 at the Central Chess Club named after M. Botvinnik (Gogolevsky Boulevard, 14/1). The presence at the opening ceremony is obligatory only for the invited participants (players rated at least 2750 in the open event and […]