Candidates in Ethics Commission election

FIDE announces herewith the names and profile details, as well as the curriculum vitae (CV’s), of all candidates in the elections to be held during the General Assembly meeting on Friday, 28 February 2020 to fill the vacancy or vacancies in the FIDE Ethics Commission. The list of candidates can be found here. Please click CV […]

FIDE Chess Olympiad 2020, Competition for Disabled: Selected Federations

The first Chess Olympiad 2020, Competition for disabled will take place from July 28 until August 5, 2020, in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. According to the Regulations, thirty (30) federations are entitled to participate in the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2020, Competition for Disabled. FIDE is happy to announce that the selection based on the rating system is over. The entire […]

Rating analytics: True chess grinders of 2019

Kaspars Migla is the creator and founder of chessratings.top. In his column, he analyzes monthly FIDE standard rating changes, career-high ratings, rating distribution by country, continent, region, and other rating-related statistics. In this edition, he identifies the most active players of 2019, who can be called true chess grinders.  According to data, collected by FIDE and chessratings.top in 2019 […]